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1. To play Jeopardy, the answer is given. You must supply the question. For exam

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Question

1. To play Jeopardy, the answer is given. You must supply the question. For example: Answer: What is genomics? Provide questions for the following answers (0.25 pt each, total 1 pt) a) A set of overlapping DNA fragments that together represents a consensus region of DNA. b) Genes that share sequence similarities. c) DNA sequences in the genome that resembles real genes but lost the protein coding capacity d) An approach based on the transcription factor GAL4 for testing interactions between proteins. S. In addition to those that in the coding regions of a gene, mutations in other non-coding regions of a gene might also affect gene function. Can you come up with two of such regions? Please be specific about how such mutations may affect gene function (0.5 pt each, total 1 pt). 2.

Explanation / Answer

a)What are contigs?

b)Define homologous gene?

c)What are pseudogenes?

d)What is a yeast two-hybrid system?