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MBY 251 Theme 5 Vocab ExamStudy Guide
Bioinformatics - Answer the use of computational tools to acquire, analyze, store, and
access DNA and protein sequences
Chromosomal island - Answer a bacterial chromosome region of foreign origin that
contains clustered genes for some extra property such as virulence or symbiosis
Codon bias - Answer the relative proportions of different codons encoding the same
amino acid; it varies in different organisms. Same as codon usage
Core genome - Answer the part of a genome shared by all strains of a species
Gene chip - Answer small, solid supports to which genes or portions of genes are affixed
and arrayed spatially in a known pattern (also called microarrays)
Gene family - Answer genes related in sequence to each other because of common
evolutionary origin
Genome - Answer the total complement of genetic information of a cell or a virus
Genomics - Answer the discipline that maps, sequences, analyzes, and compares
genomes
Homologs - Answer genes related in sequence to an extent that implies common genetic
ancestry; includes both orthologs and paralogs
Horizontal gene transfer - Answer the transfer of genetic information between
organisms as opposed to transfer from parent to offspring
Hybridization - Answer the joining of two single-stranded nucleic acid molecules by
complementary base pairing to form a double-stranded hybrid DNA or DNA-RNA
molecule
Interactome - Answer the total set of interactions between proteins (or other
macromolecules) in an organism
Metabolome - Answer the total complement of small molecules and metabolic
intermediates of a cell or organism
Metagenome - Answer the total genetic complement of all the cells present in a
particular environment
Metagenomics - Answer the genomic analysis of pooled DNA or RNA from an
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