Question

Letter frequencies in this type of text are represented graphically on a WebLogo and numerically using a position-weight matrix. FASTA (“fast-uh”) files store this type of text, which is often provided (20[1])alongside a chromatogram with (20[1])green, (20[1])red, blue, and black peaks. (20[1])The letter N (20[1])indicates lack of consensus at a position or motif (20[1])in one of these strings. One of (20[1])these strings is queried against a database in a (*) BLAST (“blast”) search, (10[1])which (10[1])aligns (10[1])these texts to identify (10[1])SNPs (10[1])(“snips”) or to (10[2])construct (0[1])a phylogenetic tree. (10[1])One of these strings with three billion characters, (10[2])measured with only (10[1])a few gaps (10[1])from (0[1])telomere-to-telomere, (10[4])was the output (10[1])of the Human Genome (10[1])Project. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, what type (10[1])of text uses strings of As, Cs, Ts, (10[1])and Gs (10[1])to (0[1])represent genes? (10[3])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: DNA sequences [or sequencing data; accept DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid sequences; accept nucleic acid or nucleotide sequences; accept RNA or ribonucleic acid sequences; accept genes or gene sequences or genomes or genetic sequences until “genome” is read, and prompt on it afterwards; accept protein sequences, but reject “proteins” alone]
<Adam Silverman, Science - Biology&gt; ~25461~ &lt;Editor: Adam Silverman>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y34100%21%0%86.21

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BWalter Payton2920
Armaan AhmedMercer CountyDetroit Catholic Central B3320
Omar HamidDunbarWilliam Fremd3420
Ian LuHunter AWinston Churchill A3920
Andrew TsuiCanyon CrestMira Loma4220
Alexa RosenbergHunter BSaint Joseph5120
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn AThomas Jefferson A5820
Ali HamzehKinkaidSolon6910
Dennis YangTroyUniversity Lab7010
Aaryan SumeshThomas Jefferson CChoate Rosemary Hall7110
Aneesh SwaminathanPlymouthDetroit Catholic Central A7510
Ibrahim MohammadChattahoochee ANorthmont A7610
Joseph ChenRichard MontgomeryDallas County7810
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sBelmont7810
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DayBarrington A790
Aiden DombroskyHoover BDetroit Catholic Central C8210
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AParkway West9010
Brian O'ConnellWoodlandThomas Jefferson B9010
Devesh KumarMaggie Walker BWest Point9310
Tyler SongWinston Churchill BNew Brighton9610
Brian ZhouThomas Jefferson DWinnebago970
Ben HorningWaukeeNorris9810
Bryce CruiseHeightsMexico9810
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy BNorman9810
Amanda CampbellMaggie Walker CLincoln-Way East9810
Aryan PathakLake HighlandWashington10110
Kaushik GollamudiBarrington BMidtown10510
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker AJohns Creek A10610
Kevin AdlerNorthmont BRockford Auburn B1060
Jeffrey LiuHinsdale CentralStevenson A11110
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianBelvidere11910
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy ACarbondale12110
Bol AgwickJohn Adams BJohn Adams A1220
Hatice CaliskanCarl SandburgChattahoochee B12410
Anna RosatoJohn Adams AJohn Adams B12410
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BNorthmont B12410
Sam AsplundWinnebagoThomas Jefferson D12510
Charles YoungBarrington ADetroit Country Day12510