Kadapa YVU - M.Sc Degree Zoology(BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS) 2nd Semester March 2016 Question Paper

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS MARCH 2016

II - SEMESTER

Zoology

PAPER - IV  -  BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS

Time: 3 Hours                                                                                               Max. Marks: 75

(No additional sheet will be supplied)

PART A (5 x 3 = 15 marks)

• Answer any FIVE Questions
• Each question carries 3 marks
• Each answer should not exceed 1 page

1. Mode

2. Standard curves

3. Paires t-Test

4. Probit analysis

5. Computer Generations.

6. Operating Systems

7. Human Genome Project

PART B (4 x 15 = 60)

• Answer any ALL essay questions
• Each question carries 15 marks
• Each answer should not exceed 6 pages

9. Explain the calculations of Standard Deviation and Standard Error with suitable examples.

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10. Describe Co-efficient of Variation and Linear Regression in detail.

11. Explain the Chi-square test and it's application in biology.

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12. What is Analysis of Variance? Explain the ANOVA and it's statistical importance.

13. Give a detailed account on Input and Output Processing and add a note on different storage devices.

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14. Explain MS -WORD and MS-EXCEL and their applications.

15. What is meant by protein sequence database and add a note on Gene Bank?

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16. Describe the pair wise and multiple sequence alignment in detail