Fill out this worksheet as you complete your pre-class assignments. Bring your completed worksheet to class to use as a reference for in-class activities.
After completing your pre-class assignments, you should be able to:
- Define the terms genome, genome sequencing, sequence assembly, and genome annotation
- Differentiate between small-scale and large-scale genome mutations
- Describe the process of sequencing used to generate genome sequences
- Determine whether mutations in DNA alter an amino acid sequence and the structure and function of a protein.
As you complete your pre-class assignments, define the following terms.
Genome: