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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The study of all of the nucleotide sequences, including structural genes, regulatory sequences, and noncoding DNA segments, in the chromosomes of an organism.

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  • noun genetics The study of the complete genome of an organism

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  • noun the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)

Etymologies

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gene +‎ -omics

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Examples

  • However, genomics is empirical and directly testable, of course.

    Approaches Determine Outcomes 2009

  • However, genomics is empirical and directly testable, of course. see above

    Approaches Determine Outcomes 2009

  • True, for many rare inherited diseases, genomics is making a big difference.

    The Failed Promise of Genomics Matt Ridley 2010

  • Ajmal Aqtash, writes that, "The exhibition traces the evolution of Lalvani's genomic art as filtered through two major series, AlgoRhythms ™ and XURF ™, each exploring Lalvani's principal concern with the relationship between genetic codes and sculptural creation, and more specifically, between" genomics "- sculpture derived from formal rules, and" epigenomics "- works created through external agents like forces, respectively."

    Steven Mesler: Form Follows Force: Haresh Lalvani Steven Mesler 2010

  • Ajmal Aqtash, writes that, "The exhibition traces the evolution of Lalvani's genomic art as filtered through two major series, AlgoRhythms™ and XURF™, each exploring Lalvani's principal concern with the relationship between genetic codes and sculptural creation, and more specifically, between "genomics"-sculpture derived from formal rules, and "epigenomics"-works created through external agents like forces, respectively."

    Steven Mesler: Form Follows Force: Haresh Lalvani Steven Mesler 2010

  • Ajmal Aqtash, writes that, "The exhibition traces the evolution of Lalvani's genomic art as filtered through two major series, AlgoRhythms ™ and XURF ™, each exploring Lalvani's principal concern with the relationship between genetic codes and sculptural creation, and more specifically, between" genomics "- sculpture derived from formal rules, and" epigenomics "- works created through external agents like forces, respectively."

    Steven Mesler: Form Follows Force: Haresh Lalvani Steven Mesler 2010

  • Secondly, there is an increasing understanding of the relationship between molecular structure and biological function, so called functional genomics, which is revealing many new gene-based targets for drug discovery.

    The Impact of Biotechnology on the Health-Care Industry 1997

  • He continued his research there, and seven years ago began working at TGen in an emerging area of medicine known as genomics, in which DNA research of diseases is leading to advances in cancer treatment.

    azcentral.com | news 2010

  • Dr. BRAWLEY: Yeah, actually, the area is probably genomics, which is actually looking at not one gene but a number of genes and looking at genes that are actually producing protein at

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • I don't understand why these folks doing research in something called genomics get to behave as if what they do is completely apolitical, when, if I remember correctly from the Bitch magazine archive in my brain, Joan Roughgarden (author of Evolution's Rainbow) argued that it was difficult for her research to be taken seriously or funded because it challenges gender assumptions at work at least in her field, biology.

    WordPress.com News Orlando 2008

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  • The study of all of the nucleotide sequences, including structural genes, regulatory sequences, and noncoding DNA segments, in the chromosomes of an organism.

    The American Heritage Dictionary definition above is misleading and ultimately incorrect, in that it assumes that only eukaryotic nuclear DNA (the one that forms chromosomes) is the study object of genomics - therefore excluding mitochondrial, chloroplast, prokaryotic, and viral DNA genomes.

    April 18, 2011