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*The science that applies powerful computa6onal tools to DNA and protein sequenc

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Question

*The science that applies powerful computa6onal tools to DNA and protein sequences for the purpose of analyzing, storing, and accessing the sequences for compara6ve purposes is known as

a. metagenomics.

b. proteomics.

c. bioinforma6cs.

d. genomics.

*Chloroplasts and mitochondria originated from ________ by a process known as ________.

a. bacteria / chromosome reduc6on

b. plants / gene dele6on

c. bacteria / endosymbiosis

d. plants / endosymbiosis

*Gene func6on is annotated based on homology between the ORFs of a genome and proteins whose func6on has been proven experimentally. What ?-omic? approach could help us determine the func6on and structure of proteins encoded by uncharacterized ORFs?

a. metabolomics

b. metagenomics

c. transcriptomics

d. proteomics

Explanation / Answer

c. bioinformatics [ Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data ].

c. bacteria / endosymbiosis

d. proteomics