Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of molecular biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes as well as its hierarchical, three-dimensional structural configuration. In contrast to genetics, which refers to the study of individual genes and their roles in inheritance, genomics aims at the collective characterization and quantification of all of an organism's genes, their interrelations and influence on the organism. Epigenetic modifications play an important role in gene expression and regulation, and are involved in numerous cellular processes such as in differentiation/development and tumorigenesis.. At the same time a Stanford team led by Euan Ashley was also developing tools for the medical interpretation of human genomes.
Synthetic biology and bioengineering
The growth of genomic knowledge has enabled increasingly sophisticated applications of synthetic biology.
Further reading
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External links
- Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
- BMC Genomics: A BMC journal on Genomics
- Genomics journal
- Genomics.org: An openfree genomics portal.
- NHGRI: US government's genome institute
- JCVI Comprehensive Microbial Resource
- KoreaGenome.org: The first Korean Genome published and the sequence is available freely.
- GenomicsNetwork: Looks at the development and use of the science and technologies of genomics.
- Institute for Genome Sciences: Genomics research.
- MIT OpenCourseWare HST.512 Genomic Medicine A free, self-study course in genomic medicine. Resources include audio lectures and selected lecture notes.
- ENCODE threads explorer Machine learning approaches to genomics. Nature (journal)
- Global map of genomics laboratories
- Genomics: Scitable by nature education
- Learn All About Genetics Online