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genomics, n.
Brit. |dʒɪˈnəʊmɪks|, |dʒɪˈnɒmɪks|, U.S. |dʒəˈnoʊmɪks|, |dʒəˈnɑmɪks|
[‹ genomic adj.: see -ic suffix Affix 2. (Compare quot. 1987.)]
With sing. concord. The scientific study of genomes, using gene mapping, nucleotide sequencing, and other techniques; the branch of molecular biology concerned with the structure, function, and evolution of genomes.
1987V. A. McKusick & F. H. Ruddle in Genomics 1 1/2 For the newly developing discipline of mapping/sequencing (including analysis of the information) we have adopted the term Genomics. We are indebted to T. H. Roderick of the Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, for suggesting the term. 1992Economist 24 Oct. 123/2 An entirely new field is being born, one that takes as its study not individual genes, but sets of them: genomics, as opposed to genetics. 2006P. Cornwell At Risk in N.Y. Times Mag. 16 Apr. 30/1 The money's in using genomics to help with the development of these next-generation superdrugs. |