Quinces used to be more popular than they are today; you often can find an odd small quince tree growing in the yard of an old house. But people donât can as much as they used to and unless youâve actually had something made with quince, you donât know what youâre missing.
Genetics is the study of single genes and their effects. For example, Huntington's or Tay-Sachs disease would be considered genetics because a single gene causes these diseases, despite environmental interactions. Genomics is the study of all your genes including interactions of those genes with each other and with your environment. For example, heart disease, asthma, diabetes, and cancer would all be considered genomics because they are caused by genetic and environmental factors.
DEFINITION of 'Genomics'. The study of the genome, which is the complete set of the genetic material or DNA present in an organism. Genomics studies all genes and their inter relationships in an organism, so as to identify their combined influence on its growth and development. The field of genomics attracted worldwide attention in the late 1990s with the race to map the human genome. The Human Genome Project (HGP), completed in April 2003, made available for the first time the complete genetic blueprint of a human being.