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What Is Genomics?
Definitions
A Note of Caution
Why is genomics important?
Genomics has changed the research paradigm
The unifying power of genomics
Tying together information across species
Benefits for Orphan Species
Tying together information across species: an exam
Tying together information across disciplines
The unifying necessity of genomics...cost
The potential of plant genomics
The power of public information
Importance to biodiversity conservation
Future possibilities
How did genomics start?
The tools of molecular biology
Basic background concepts
Key background concept: DNA structure
Key background concept: DNA sequencing
Advances in technology: automated DNA sequencers
Automated DNA sequencing
Automated sequencer output
Advances in enabling technologies: computational a
Advances in enabling technologies: computational a
Large-scale sequencing spawns a new research field
The Human Genome Project
Impact of the HGP
Plants catch up
Key definition: libraries
Key background concept: physical mapping
Whole genome sequencing
Whole genome sequencing 2
Sequencing considerations
Emerging technologies
Whole genome sequencing vs. a sampling strategy
Sequenced genomes
Which genomes to sequence?
Getting specific DNA sequences
DNA sequencing output
On to….comparative genomics
Example of comparative genomics
Comparative genomics
Other types of “-omics”
Post-genomics?
Resources & more information
Sections:
About Genomics
Basic Concepts
Methodologies and Computation
Applications and Discoveries
Resources
Why is genomics important?
It has created new knowledge and data at a speed unprecedented in the history of science. In doing so, it has radically changed the research paradigm in many biological disciplines