THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
THE HUMAN GENOME
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genomics
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bioinformatics
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the Human Genome Project
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information science
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Detailed explanation-1: -Genomics describes the study of all of a person’s genes (the genome).
Detailed explanation-2: -Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of science that focuses on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism’s complete set of DNA, including all of its genes.
Detailed explanation-3: -(jeh-NOH-mix) The study of the complete set of DNA (including all of its genes) in a person or other organism. Almost every cell in a person’s body contains a complete copy of the genome. The genome contains all the information needed for a person to develop and grow.
Detailed explanation-4: -Genomics, in contrast, is the study of the entirety of an organism’s genes – called the genome. Using high-performance computing and math techniques known as bioinformatics, genomics researchers analyze enormous amounts of DNA-sequence data to find variations that affect health, disease or drug response.
Detailed explanation-5: -Put simply, genomics is the study of an organism’s genome – its genetic material – and how that information is applied. All living things, from single-celled bacteria, to multi-cellular plants, animals and humans, have a genome – and ours is made up of DNA.