OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Which is the scientific field devoted to creating and maintaining databases about the gene sequences of organisms?
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bioinformatics
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genomics
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pharmacogenomics
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proteomics
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What is GenBank? GenBank ® is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences (Nucleic Acids Research, 2013 Jan; 41(D1):D36-42).
Detailed explanation-2: -Dayhoff is known as the founder of bioinformatics. This she did by pioneering the application of mathematics and computational techniques to the sequencing of proteins and nucleic acids and establishing the first publicly available database for research in the area.
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