1.5 - The Structure of the Genome Flashcards

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What is the Genome of an organism?

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The genome of an organism is its entire hereditary information encoded in DNA

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What is the genome made up of?

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Genes and other DNA sequences that do not code for proteins

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What are DNA sequences that code for proteins called?

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Genes

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What do most eukaryotic genomes consist of?

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They consist of non-coding sequences

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What is the purpose of non-protein coding DNA sequences?

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To regulate transcription and other parts are transcribed but never translated

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What are examples of non-translated forms of RNA?

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tRNA and rRNA

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