Saturday Genetics Quiz #12: Genomics and Genetics
This week’s question:
What’s the difference between “genomics” and “genetics”? Or are they interchangeable?
Answer:
From the Human Genome Project Glossary:
Genomics - The study of genes and their function.
Genetics - The study of inheritance patterns of specific traits.
There’s obviously some overlap between the two. Generally, the suffix “omics” refers to a field of study in biology. Proteomics is another common neologism referring to the study of proteins. Wikipedia points out that the word “comics” is not an omics word.
NB: I think I may have to stop saying GENETIC revolution in favor of GENOMIC revolution.
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May 8, 2006 at 12:19 pm
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