genomics

genomics
Study of the structure of the genome of particular organisms, including mapping and sequencing.
- functional g. the study of expressed genes in organisms, including the identity of the genes and the factors that control differential expression.

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ge·no·mics jē-'nō-miks, jə- n pl but sing in constr a branch of biotechnology concerned with applying the techniques of genetics and molecular biology to the genetic mapping and DNA sequencing of sets of genes or the complete genomes of selected organisms using high-speed methods, with organizing the results in databases, and with applications of the data (as in medicine or biology) compare proteomics

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ge·no·mics (je-noґmiks) the study of the structure and function of the genome, including information about sequence, mapping, and expression, and how genes and their products work in organisms.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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