Genome Sequencing

• What is a genome?

  All the DNA in an organism
• How can genome sequencing be beneficial?

  Finding diseases early
• Which bases are analyzed in genome sequencing?

  A, T, C, G
• How can genome sequencing assist doctors?

  Diagnose illnesses
• What is a benefit of knowing someone’s genome?

  To find risk of certain diseases
• Which part of the body contains your genome?

  All cells with a nucleus
• What is genome sequencing?

  Reading the order of DNA bases
• What can scientists learn from sequencing genomes of different species?

  How species evolved
• What does genome sequencing read?

  Base order in DNA
• Is genome sequencing used in medicine?

  Yes