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BIOL 266 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass | Rated A+ Core data - -the key information inputted in the database entry -minimal information is given to identify the data Annotations - all additional information to identify data that may change over time P AND Q - all query searches th...

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Core data - ✔✔-the key information inputted in the database entry

-minimal information is given to identify the data

Annotations - ✔✔all additional information to identify data that may change

over time

P AND Q - ✔✔all query searches that include both P and Q, but not

separately

P OR Q - ✔✔all query searches that include both P and Q, together or

separately

P NOT Q - ✔✔all query searches that include just P, but nothing with Q

P NOR Q - ✔✔query searches that do not include P or Q

P NAND Q - ✔✔all query searches that include P and Q separately,

everything else except for P and Q co-occurring

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P XOR Q - ✔✔query searches including P and Q occurring separately, not

together

P XNOR Q - ✔✔query searches including P and Q together (not

separately), and everything outside

global alignment - ✔✔attempting to align an entire sequence

local alignment - ✔✔attempting to align stretches of sequence with higher

density of matches

What is the best algorithm for determining the best alignment between two

sequences? - ✔✔- While looking at all alignment possibilities is the best

way to determine the best possible alignment, this is not feasible

- Dynamic programming is the best algorithm to approximate the best

alignment

How does a dynamic programming algorithm work? - ✔✔- break the

problem (sequence) into smaller subsets and solve them all individually,

then put them back together

What scoring matrix is used for proteins, and how does it work? - ✔✔-

BLOSUM62

- is a 20x20 matrix that scores how often certain amino acids align

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- high positive scores indicate that the pairing is rare, and therefore more

significant

How is scoring different within a translation/transversion matrix? - ✔✔-

certain base changes are penalized more than others

- transversions (changing from purine to pyrimidine) is penalized higher

than translations (purine/purine or pyrimidine/pyrimidine)

What type of alignment algorithm is the Needleman-Wunsch? - ✔✔Global

alignment

What type of alignment algorithm is the Smith-Waterman, and how does it

differ from the Needleman-Wunsch? - ✔✔- Local alignment

- Scoring is harsher- mismatches are scored as 0, and if a score is negative

it is scored as 0 in the matrix

Homology - ✔✔similarity due to common ancestry

What is a flat file database? - ✔✔A database in which all the data is stored

in a single table/file that may be downloaded

What is a relational database? - ✔✔database where the data is separated

into different tables so you can easily find what you are looking for

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