Genomics

What is genomics? As you may have guessed, genomics is the study of genomes. Now we must define genome. A genome refers to a full set of chromosomes in a diploid organism and a single set of chromosomes in a haploid organism. You may have heard of the human genome project. The human genome project entailed locating all of the genes that make up the human genome. The human genome project was completed by a method called genome mapping. The human genome project started in 1990 and was completed in 2003. In the 1970s and 1990s Fred Sanger's research group was the first to sequence the complete genome of a virus and a mitochondrion. Since then the entire genome of many organisms has been mapped thanks to advances in technology. Companies like Whatman, Labconco, and Invitrogen supply products used for genomic and DNA research.