Bioinformatics Jargon 101

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Bioinformatics Jargon 101

• Nucleotide/Base/Phosphate
• DNA/cDNA
• RNA/mRNA/tRNA/rRNA
• Protein/Amino Acid
• Sequence/Sequencing
• Homology/Orthology/ Paralogy/Analogy
• Exon/Intron/Intergenic region
• Genetic code/Codon
• Splicing/Alternative splicing

• Species/System/Tissue/ Organ/Cell/Organelle
• Genome/Chromosome/ Chromatin/Histones/Gene/
  Allele/Diploid/Haploid
• Recombination/Mutation
• Replication/Transcription/ Expression/Translation
• Eubacteria/Archaeae/ Eukaryotes/Viruses
• Maternal Inheritance

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Laden look alike creates commotion in Jaisalmer
A commotion broke out in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)
on Tuesday when a look-alike of dreaded Saudi
terrorist Osama bin Laden was sighted moving in a
vehicle, police said. The police intercepted the
vehicle, a Tata Sumo, on receiving the
information and brought the suspected person - a
look-alike of Laden, with an open beard and
wearing a turban, to the police station. On
questioning it was found that the suspected
person was the son of an employee of an American
firm, Station House Officer of Kotwali police
station Chandan Dan said. The bin Laden
look-alike was later let off, Dan added. A large
number of persons who had gathered outside the
police station, on hearing the rumour that Laden
had been nabbed by the police, dispersed after
learning the facts of the story.
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