Sometimes used interchangeably but definitively distinct, what is the difference between genetics and genomics?

GENOMICS

  • The study of an organism's complete set of genetic information.
  • The genome includes both genes (coding) and non-coding DNA.
  • 'Genome' the complete genetic information of an organism.


    GENETICS

    • The study of hereditary.
    • The study of the function and composition of single genes.
    • 'Gene': specific sequence of DNA that codes for a functional molecule.
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