genome projects

Question 1

What is the genome?

Answer 1

= is the entire genetic material, of an organism
in the nucleus of the cell
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Question 2

What does sequencing a genome means?

Answer 2

= working out the dna base sequence for all the DNA in a cell

Question 3

What is a difference found in the prokaryotic dna genetic code?

Answer 3

= does not contain introns, non coding regions of the gene
= genome can be used to to directly to sequence the proteins, that derive from the genetic code, of the organisms
= identifyng antigens for a vaccine

Question 4

Why cant complex organisms be used?

Answer 4

= have intros and exons in genetic code, genome cannot be easily used to translate the proteome