Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 16QP
Summary Introduction

To explain: The differences between proteomics and genomics.

Introduction: Proteomics is the study of the set of all proteins that can be encoded by a genome. Genomics is the study of organization and the function and evolution of genomes. However, proteomics is said to be an extension of genomics.

Summary Introduction

To determine: The types of information that can only be provided by proteomics and not by genomics.

Introduction: Proteomics is defined as the study of proteomes. Proteomics identify and characterize all the proteins that are located in a cell, tissue, or organ at a particular time. Genomics is the study of the physiological and evolutionary relationship of genomes.

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