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<h1><b>Definition</b></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: medium">Genomics is an area within genetics that concerns the sequencing and analysis of an organism’s genome.</span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size: x-large">Genomics</span></h1>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">The genome is the entire DNA content that is present within one cell of an organism. Experts in genomics strive to determine complete DNA sequences and perform genetic mapping to help understand disease.</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Genomics also involves the study of intragenomic processes such as epistasis, heterosis and pleiotropy as well as the interactions between loci and alleles within the genome. The fields of molecular biology and genetics are mainly concerned with the study of the role and function of single genes, a major topic in today’s biomedical research. By contrast, genomics does not involve single gene research unless the purpose is to understand a single gene’s effects in context of the entire genome.</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Estimating the number of genes in an organism basing on the number of nucleotide base pairs wasnot reliable, due to the presence of high numbers of redundant copies of many genes.<br />
Genomics has corrected this situation. Useful genescan be selected from a gene library thus constructed and inserted into other organisms for improvement or harmful genes can be silenced.<br />
</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">In the areas of <b>Structural genomics</b>, <b>Functional genomics </b>and<b> Nutritional genomics</b>, bioinformatics plays a vital role.</p>
<h4>Applications of BIOINFORMATICS<br />
</h4>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">a) <strong>Structural Genomics</strong>:- Focuses on large scale genome structure determination, geneidentification and characterization.<br />
b) <strong>Functional Genomics</strong>:- Focuses on predicting and identifying and characterization of genes and genomes based on function.<br />
c) <strong>Nutritional Genomics</strong>:-Focuses oncharacterizing and inferring nutritional relevance to identified genes.</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> </p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> </p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium">Genomics is an area within genetics that concerns the sequencing and analysis of an organism’s genome.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<h1><span style="font-size: x-large">Genomics</span></h1>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">The genome is the entire DNA content that is present within one cell of an organism. Experts in genomics strive to determine complete DNA sequences and perform genetic mapping to help understand disease.</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Genomics also involves the study of intragenomic processes such as epistasis, heterosis and pleiotropy as well as the interactions between loci and alleles within the genome. The fields of molecular biology and genetics are mainly concerned with the study of the role and function of single genes, a major topic in today’s biomedical research. By contrast, genomics does not involve single gene research unless the purpose is to understand a single gene’s effects in context of the entire genome.</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Estimating the number of genes in an organism basing on the number of nucleotide base pairs wasnot reliable, due to the presence of high numbers of redundant copies of many genes.<br />
Genomics has corrected this situation. Useful genescan be selected from a gene library thus constructed and inserted into other organisms for improvement or harmful genes can be silenced.<br />
</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">In the areas of <b>Structural genomics</b>, <b>Functional genomics </b>and<b> Nutritional genomics</b>, bioinformatics plays a vital role.</p>
<h4>Applications of BIOINFORMATICS<br />
</h4>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">a) <strong>Structural Genomics</strong>:- Focuses on large scale genome structure determination, geneidentification and characterization.<br />
b) <strong>Functional Genomics</strong>:- Focuses on predicting and identifying and characterization of genes and genomes based on function.<br />
c) <strong>Nutritional Genomics</strong>:-Focuses oncharacterizing and inferring nutritional relevance to identified genes.</p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> </p>
<p style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(97,97,97); font: 13px/18px Verdana; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> </p>
