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Which of the following is a correct definition of data mining?

  • The process of creating new data from existing data
  • The process of storing large amounts of data in warehouses
  • The process of extracting minerals from the earth's surface
  • The science of finding new interesting patterns and relationship in huge amount of data (correct)

    • What is another name for data mining?

  • Knowledge Discovery in Databases (correct)
  • Data Extraction
  • Information Retrieval
  • Data Analysis

    • What challenges and opportunities are presented by the large databases of biological information in bioinformatics?

  • They present no challenges or opportunities
  • They only present challenges and no opportunities
  • They require no special methods for data mining
  • They create opportunities for development of novel KDD methods (correct)

    • What is the purpose of mining biological data?

    <p>To extract useful knowledge from massive datasets gathered in biology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of discovering meaningful new correlations, patterns, and trends by digging into large amounts of data stored in warehouses and databases called?

    <p>Data Mining</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of AUGUSTUS, FGENESH, and GENSCAN in gene prediction?

    <p>They combine ab initio prediction with extrinsic information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of RNA polymerase in prokaryotes?

    <p>It catalyzes the transcription of all classes of RNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basis of homology-based prediction?

    <p>It detects highly conserved gene sequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of TATA box in gene prediction?

    <p>It helps in the initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basis of extrinsic prediction algorithms?

    <p>They rely on comparative genomics to identify significant matches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two primary goals of data mining in practice?

    <p>Prediction and description</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between gene prediction in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

    <p>Bacterial genes have a Shine-Dalarno sequence while eukaryotic genes do not</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three methods used for gene prediction in an unannotated genome?

    <p>Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Homology-based prediction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the Shine-Dalarno sequence in bacterial genes?

    <p>To identify the translational initiation codon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between the genome of prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

    <p>Prokaryotic genomes do not have introns while eukaryotic genomes contain large introns</p> Signup and view all the answers

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