[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • August 14, 2000
    ``What is genomics, where is it heading and how will it affect biology? Like the genetics it sprang from, genomics is both a science and a widely applicable tool. Just as genetics is both the science of how cells express and transmit the information in their DNA and a tool for studying any biological process, genomics is both the science of understanding the structure and evolution of genomes and a tool for learning about the functions of the genes therein. Genetics and genomics differ in scale and focus. Genetics uses mutants to identify and study the few genes that control a particular phenotype, whereas genomics collects data on all the genes in an organism. I have taken genomics to include all methods that collect and analyze comprehensive data about genes, including the sequence and abundance of nucleic acids and the properties of the proteins they encode (often called proteomics). In this article, I consider how genomics differs from previous approaches to biology, the type of information that current approaches provide, how it may influence biology, and the prospects for technical and intellectual improvements in gathering and exploiting genome-wide data.''

    Full story:
    http://www.genomebiology.com/2000/1/1/comment/003/

    Reference by Snodeal.org.

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