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Unit 1 Key Area 5 Human Genomics Word Bank
Unit 1 Key Area 5 Human Genomics Word Bank
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Anatomy
Intermediate
06/01/2017

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The human genome
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the complete set of genetic information found in a human
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Human Genomics
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the study of the human genome
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Genomic sequencing involves
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determining the sequence of nucleotide bases along the DNA
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Genomic sequencing can be used
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to find out about individual genes and their entire genome
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Bioinformatics is the name given to the
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fusion of molecular biology, statistical analysis and computer technology to map and analyse DNA
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Systematics compares
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human genone sequence data with genomes of other species
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A personal genome is
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a complete set of a person’s DNA bases
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Personalised medicine
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is based on an individual’s genome
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Pharmacogenetics is the study of the effect
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of pharmaceutical drugs on genetically diverse members of the human populations
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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is a technique used to create many copies of a piece of DNA
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PCR uses
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primers to “amplify” the DNA
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)has 4 important requirements
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a templtea,primer,Heat tolerant DNA Polymerase,free nucleotides
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