MBC-7 2025 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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ASSIGNMENT
Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
Course Code: MBC-007
Assignment Code: MBC-007/TMA/2025

1. Define bioinformatics. Discuss its interdisciplinary nature and major applications in biological research.
2. Differentiate between sequence similarity, identity, and homology with suitable examples.

3.Describe the role and importance of biological databases. Classify them and give relevant examples.

4. Explain various File formats used in bioinformatics with suitable examples. Why are standardized file formats important in bioinformatics?
5. Discuss the role of multiple sequence alignment tools like Clustal Omega and BLAST in comparative genomics.
6. Explain how do high-throughput data and omics technologies contribute to systems biology.
7. Illustrate how systems biology helps in understanding disease mechanisms and designing therapeutic strategies.

8.What is Systems Biology? Discuss how systems-level approaches are transforming modern biology.

9. Discuss the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics with examples from biochemistry.
10. Explain the concepts of probability distribution and hypothesis testing in the context of experimental biology.