A lab sequencing the DNA of various species of pathogenic bacteria with the goal of determining their evolutionary relationships would be practicing _______ genomics.
A) functional
B) operational
C) meta-
D) comparative
E) eukaryotic

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Comparative genomics involves comparing the genomes of different species to determine their evolutionary relationships. This is exactly what the lab in this scenario is doing by sequencing the DNA of various species of pathogenic bacteria. Functional genomics focuses on the function of genes and their products, operational genomics is a less commonly used term that refers to the use of genomics in industry or biotechnology, meta-genomics involves studying the collective genomes of an entire ecosystem, and eukaryotic genomics specifically refers to studying the genomes of eukaryotic organisms.

A Lab Sequencing the DNA of Various Species of Pathogenic