The study of the entire set of genes found in living beings (humans, plants, animals or viruses); the analysis of the genomes of organisms, both anatomically (sequences and organization) and physiologically (expression and regulation).
These detailed studies are conducted using high-throughput methods and strategies involving the full set of genes. By extension, genomics also refers to the use of these methods to conduct the detailed study of large regions of the genome, such as the exome (the set of the coding parts of all genes) or a combination of several dozens (even hundreds) of genes at once. Genomics does not include simple genetic tests such as screening for known mutations in a small number of regions of the genome or the sequencing of small regions of the genome.
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