Genetics vs. Genomics

Geneticsnoun

The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.

Geneticsnoun

The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.

Geneticsnoun

the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

Genetics

Genetics is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Though heredity had been observed for millennia, Gregor Mendel, Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically. Mendel studied , patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring.

Genomicsnoun

(genetics) The study of the complete genome of an organism

Genomicsnoun

the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)

Genomics

Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of 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.