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  • noun genetics The science that studies the relationship of the function of genes to their evolution

Etymologies

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phylo- +‎ genomics

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Examples

  • Their analyses were based on a relatively new approach called phylogenomics, which determines the evolutionary relationships of life forms by comparing large datasets of gene sequences.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • CONCLUSIONS: Our study is one of the few exhaustive phylogenomics analyses of a non-informational cell machinery from the third domain of life.

    Current Biology on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • But now, thanks to a method called "functional phylogenomics," scientists have resolved some of the enigmatic relationships of plant families, potentially opening the way for advances in agriculture.

    NYT > Home Page By RACHEL NUWER 2011

  • Spend some time looking in to the biotechnical fields of comparative genomics and phylogenomics for example.

    California Literary Review 2009

  • Spend some time looking in to the biotechnical fields of comparative genomics and phylogenomics for example.

    California Literary Review 2009

  • Spend some time looking in to the biotechnical fields of comparative genomics and phylogenomics for example.

    California Literary Review 2009

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