PLSC 363 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Bioinformatics, Prokaryote, Scientific Control
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Emergent properties - new properties that emerge as you move upward in the hierarchy of life as the complexity increases. Systems biology - the exploration of a biological system by analyzing the interactions among its parts can be used to study life at all levels. Prokaryotic cells lacks nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles. Made up of two chains = double helix. Each made of nucleotides (a, t, c, g) Genes - stretch of dna arranged along the chromosome. Encode info to build molecules synthesized within a cell cell"s identity and function. We start as one cell that replicates a lot to form the human body. Gene expression - info in a gene directs the manufacture of a cellular product. Rna - translates into proteins regulate functioning of protein-coding genes. Genome - library of genetic instructions that an organism inherits. Genomics - studying whole sets of genes in one or more species.
