KEY TERMS

annotation

bioinformatics

ChIP (chromatin immunoprecipitation assay)

comparative genomics

consensus sequence

copy number variation (CNV)

DNA template library

exome

expressed sequence tag (EST)

functional genomics

genome project

genomic library

genomics

homolog

microarray

open reading frame (ORF)

ortholog

outgroup

paired-end read

paralog

parsimony

phylogeny

phylogenetic inference

processed pseudogene

proteome

544

pseudogene

pyrosequencing

reverse genetics

RNA interference (RNAi)

RNA sequencing

scaffold

sequence assembly

sequence contig

supercontig

synteny

two-hybrid test

vector