KA : 1.5 The Structure of the Genome Flashcards
What is the genome?
The genome of an organism is its entire hereditary information encoded in DNA.
What is the genome made up of?
The genome is made up of genes and other DNA. sequences that do not code for proteins.
“The genome includes both _____/____ DNA genes and noncoding DNA, as well as mitochondrial DNA and _______ DNA.”
The genome includes both protein-coding DNA genes and noncoding DNA, as well as mitochondrial DNA and chloroplast DNA.
What is the study of genomes called?
Genomics.
What does the eukaryotic genome consist of?
Non-coding sequences.
“DNA sequences that code for a protein are defined as ___”
DNA sequences that code for a protein are defined as genes.
What types of RNA are transcribed but never translated?
tRNA (transfer RNA) and rRNA (ribosomal RNA).
Some sequences regulate _____ and others are transcribed but never..?
