Important Terms

genomics

structural genomics

genetic (linkage) map

physical map

map-based sequencing

contig

whole-genome shotgun sequencing

single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

haplotype

linkage disequilibrium

tag single-nucleotide polymorphism (tag-SNP)

genome-wide association study

copy-number variation (CNV)

sequence-tagged site (STS)

expressed-sequence tag (EST)

bioinformatics

annotation

metagenomics

microbiome

functional genomics

transcriptome

proteome

homologous genes

orthologous genes

paralogous genes

protein domain

microarray

mutagenesis screen

comparative genomics

segmental duplication

multigene family

gene desert

proteomics

Human Proteome Project

two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE)

mass spectrometry

affinity capture

interactome

protein microarray