Bioinformatics Can Be Used to Scan Sequences for Probable Genes

question 36

Multiple Choice

Bioinformatics can be used to scan sequences for probable genes looking for start and stop sites for transcription and for translation, for probable splice sites, and for sequences that specify known mRNAs. Such sequences containing these elements are called

• A)expressed sequence tags.
• B)cDNA.
• C)multigene families.
• D)proteomes.
• E)short tandem repeats.

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