New technical terms (III): Genomics

This concludes John Gadd’s series on how the textbooks describe the main new technical subjects. Genomics is a huge and important area. According to John farmers’ livelihoods will be totally bound up with them within 30 years. In my opinion the textbooks’ description of the new technical subjects are none too clear, due mainly to accurate but over-detailed scientific language. Therefore, first in layman’s language, let me try a definition… Genomics is the study of the genet