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What Distinguishes the Field of Genomics from Genetics

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What distinguishes the field of genomics from genetics?


A) Genomics deals with genomes; genetics deals with gene products.
B) A goal of genomics is to understand how genes influence both genotype and phenotype; genetics only considers how genes influence phenotype.
C) Genomics is based almost solely on studies of human genome sequences; genetics is based on studies of organisms from bacteriophage to Arabidopsis.
D) Genomics is based on DNA sequence analysis and considers the sequence, function and interactions of many genes; genetics more often considers one or a small number of genes at a time and is generally involved in the passage of hereditary traits from one generation to the next.

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