Two species are found to share a cluster of 8 genes, but the genes are in different orders in the two species. The orders are represented by signed permutations as given below:

Species X 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Species Y 1, 2,-5,-4,-3,8,6,7

The transformation between the two gene orders

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#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following statements defines proteomics?

#Question id: 5304

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

Bioinformatics includes ________.

I. using computer programs to align DNA sequences

II. creating recombinant DNA from separate species

III. developing computer-based tools for genome analysis

IV. using mathematical tools to make sense of biological systems

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#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

After finding a new medicinal plant, a pharmaceutical company decides to determine if the plant has genes similar to those of other known medicinal plants. What would annotation of the genome of this plant allow the company to determine?

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#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

 If the sequence of a cDNA has matches with DNA sequences in the genome, then this genomic DNA could be described by which of the following statements?

#Question id: 5307

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following techniques would be most appropriate to test the hypothesis that humans and chimps differ in the expression of a large set of shared genes?

#Question id: 5308

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

What can proteomics reveal that genomics cannot?