KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE

FACULTY OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

2022/2023 HARMATTAN SEMESTER EXAMINATION3

BCH409 – Introductory Bioinformatics

(2 Credit Units)

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2 hours

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 KWASU 2022/2023 Harmattan Semester Examinations
BCH409 – Introductory Bioinformatics
Special Instruction(s):
Attempt question One and any other two (2) questions.

1. a. Define is Bioinformatics?
b. What is the difference between bioinformatics and computational biology.
c. State 10 applications of bioinformatics
2. a. What is genetic code?
b. Given the sequence: GTCATGTTTAGCGCAATCAGGAAGTGT
(Hint: genetic code is given in the below box with first, second and third positions of codon)
i. transcribe the single strand.
ii. translate into protein.

3. a. What are databases? State the differences between primary databases and secondary
databases.
b. State five (5) popular bioinformatics resources.
c. What are ascension number with an example

4. a. What is sequence alignment? Discuss the uses of sequence alignment?

b. Describe the three (3) sequence relationship.
c. What is an algorithm? State the types of dynamic programming.

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