Computational Tools In Biotechnology - Study Mode

[#6] Which one of the following tools is used to compare all the possible six-open reading frames of a given nucleotide query sequence with all the available six-open reading frames of the nucleotide sequence database?
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(D) TBLASTX

[#7] In bioinformatics, the term 'BLAST' refers to
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(B) Computational tool for sequence homology searching and alignment

[#8] Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R) . Assertion: Ab initio gene finding algorithms that predict protein coding genes in eukaryotic genomes are not completely accurate. Reason: Eukaryotic splice sites are difficult to predict.
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(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)

[#9] While searching a database for similar sequences, E-value does not depend on the
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(D) Probability from a normal distribution

[#10] Identify the character-based method(s) used for the construction of a phylogenetic tree. P. Maximum parsimony Q. Neighbor joining R. Maximum likelihood S. Bootstrapping
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(B) P and R only