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theo

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on: Jul 5, 2013
What is bioinformatics?
A) a technique using 3-D images of genes in order to predict how and when they will be expressed
B) a method that uses very large national and international databases to access and work with sequence information
C) a software program available from NIH to design genes
D) a series of search programs that allow a student to identify who in the world is trying to sequence a given species
E) a procedure that uses software to order DNA sequences in a variety of comparable ways


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Reply #1 on: Jul 6, 2013
Hi

B is the answer ;)


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Reply #2 on: Aug 10, 2013
Wow, awesome :D


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