19. Genomics

The study of the arrangement of genes in a species' genome is known as which of the following?

What was the primary goal of the Human Genome Project?

The human genome is thought to contain about how many genes?

How many base pairs are approximately in the human genome?

Once an organism's genome sequence has been determined, how do scientists generally start identifying all the genes within the genome?

What tool or resource is useful for identifying previously unknown protein-coding genes in a genomic DNA sequence?

Multigene families arise as a result of __________.

Who discovered "jumping genes" (transposons)?

How do shotgun techniques differ from previous sequencing methodologies?

An example of a systems biology experiment might be __________.

What factor accounts most for the difference in genome size between vertebrates and prokaryotes?

In the United States, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides __________.

Studies that determine gene annotation __________.

The human genome is thought to contain about how many genes?

The number of genes in an organism's genome is not a perfect indication of the organism's complexity because __________.