Basic Bioinformatics Terms on letter D

These Basic Bioinformatics Terms on letter D. It can boost vocabulary in bioinformatics. It can also enhance basic knowledge of Bioinformatics.

1. What is "Dendrogram"?

Dendrogram - It is another name for phylogenetic tree. The ClustalW guide tree is often referred to as a dendrogram, it is a file with a .dnd extension.

2. What is "Distance matrix"?

Distance matrix - It is a matrix that contains all the pairwise distances between sequences in a data set. Distance matrices afe often u sed to compute phylogenetic trees. Not a substitution matrix.

3. What is "DNA microarray"?

DNA microarray or DNA chip - It is synonyms for gene sequences spotted on glass slides used to measure simultaneously the level of transcription of many genes.

4. What is "Domain (computational)"?

Domain (computational) - It is a network or portion thereof that operates under a single administrative umbrella such as an institution, a group of institutions, a geographical region, or a country.

5. What is "Domain (molecular)"?

Domain (molecular) - It is a protein unit of at least 50 amino acids that can fold on its own, can also be used for protein sequences that occur in various contexts.

6. What is "Dot matrix dot plot"?

Dot matrix dot plot - It is a method for representing the similarity between two sequences without using an alignment.

7. What is "Downstream"?

Downstream - It is a relative direction for a DNA sequence; towards the 3’ end.

8. What is "Draft sequence"?

Draft sequence - It is a description of the degree of confidence in a DNA sequence. When the DNA has been sequenced only 4 times it is described as a ‘draft sequence’ as opposed to a ‘finished sequence’ which has been sequenced 8 times. With a draft sequence about 95% of the genes should be identifiable.

9. What is "dsDNA double stranded DNA"?

dsDNA double stranded DNA - It is formed when two complementary DNA sequences bind each other.

10. What is "dsRNA double stranded RNA"?

dsRNA double stranded RNA -It is formed when two complementary RNA sequences bind to each other.

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