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Higher Human 1.5
1.5- Human Genomics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What term is used to describe an individual’s personal genome sequence being used to select the most effective drugs and dosage to treat their disease ? | personalised medicine |
| What term is used to describe the use of genome information in the choice of drugs? | Pharmacogenetics |
| What can an individual’s genome be analysed to predict? | The likelihood of developing certain diseases |
| What can Bioinformatics can be used to discover? | Evolutionary relationships, Patterns of inheritance, Personalised medicine |
| To compare sequence data, computer and statistical analyses are required. What term is used to describe this? | bioinformatics |
| What can be used to identify base sequences by looking for sequences similar to known genes? | Computer Programs |
| In genomic sequencing what can be determined? | the sequence of nucleotide bases can be determined for individual genes and entire genomes. |
| What is the genome made up of? | genes and DNA sequences that do not code for proteins |
| What do we call an organisms entire hereditary information encoded in DNA? | the genome |