IMPORTANT TERMS

genomics

structural genomics

genetic map

physical map

map-based sequencing

contig

whole-genome shotgun sequencing

single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

haplotype

genome-wide association study

bioinformatics

metagenomics

microbiome

synthetic biology

functional genomics

transcriptome

proteome

homologous genes

microarray

comparative genomics

gene desert

proteomics

Human Proteome Project

mass spectrometry

protein microarray