GENOMICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genomics mean? 

• GENOMICS (noun)
  The noun GENOMICS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GENOMICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENOMICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("genomics" is a kind of...):

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genomics"):

functional genomics (the branch of genomics that determines the biological function of the genes and their products)

structural genomics (the branch of genomics that determines the three-dimensional structures of proteins)

 Context examples 

A resource of the Jackson lab, provides integrated access to data on the genetics, genomics, and biology of the laboratory mouse.

(Mouse Genome Informatics, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-profit organization specializing in bioinformatics tool development and comparative genomics research.

(Fellowship for the Interpretation of Genomes, NCI Thesaurus)

This technique, known as ‘single-cell genomics’, makes it possible to distinguish between cell types in more detail based on their characteristic selection of active genes.

(Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate, University of Cambridge)

Such an effort is vital because a vast majority of human genomics research use data based mostly on populations of white European ancestry.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)

Genomics has since driven many advances in medical science.

(Revealing the human proteome, NIH)

Identifying these novel variants represents a first step towards fully expanding the study of genomics to underrepresented populations.

(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)

Exercise in the future could be customized for individuals based on genomics, according to a study by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"Comparative genomics research is allowing us to find, recover and use those valuable traits to improve and protect our domesticated varieties."

(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)

Using state-of-the art genomics technologies, an interdisciplinary team of researchers based in Cambridge and London has caught a tiny number of vascular muscle cells in mouse blood vessels in the act of switching and described their molecular properties.

(Observation of blood vessel cells changing function could lead to early detection of blocked arteries, University of Cambridge)

In the first study of its kind, an international team of genomics researchers has identified new regions of the human genome that are associated with skin color variation in some African populations, opening new avenues for research on skin diseases and cancer in all populations.

(New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations, National Institutes of Health)