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Bioinformatics databases offer health professionals information about:
mutations that may cause genetic disorders
proteins that may cause genetic disorders
environmental factors that may cause diseases
RNA sequences that may cause genetic disorders
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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of DNA barcoding?
allowing species to be genetically modified
updating of classifications
estimating evolutionary divergence times
the classification of new species
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DNA barcoding involves comparing the DNA sequence of an unidentified organism to:
a database of known protein sequences
a database of known single nucleotide polymorphisms
a database of standard DNA sequences for known species
a database of known RNA sequences
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Most diseases result from the interaction between:
genes and mutations
just the environment
genes and the environment
just genes
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Which of the following applies DNA sequencing and computational biology to study the genomes of organisms?
proteomics
computational biology
genomics
bioinformatics
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Which of the following is NOT a potential application of synthetic biology?
synthesising functional genes to replace faulty ones as treatments for genetic disorders
determining the evolutionary history of organisms
utilising microorganisms and biological systems to produce drugs efficiently and cost-effectively
constructing fully artificial genomes
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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of sequencing pathogen genomes?
identifying the sources and transmission routes of diseases
monitoring disease outbreaks
detecting antibiotic resistance
determining the evolutionary history of the pathogen's host
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Proteomics examines the:
entire DNA sequence
entire RNA sequence
complete set of proteins produced by the genome
complete set of metabolites
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The complexity of the genotype-phenotype relationship is underscored by:
the number of unique genes being equal to the number of proteins
the number of genes greatly exceeding the number of unique proteins
the number of unique proteins being equal to the number of genes
the number of unique proteins greatly exceeding the number of genes
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