Omics
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several biological subfields that aim to identify or characterize the totality of a certain type of biological entity, e.g. genomics (for genes) or proteomics (for proteins).
"Many computational algorithms have been developed to predict gene functions from omics data. As the omics era starts with completely sequenced genomes, early efforts on algorithm development focused on exploring genomics data for gene function prediction."
Example
More examples"Many computational algorithms have been developed to predict gene functions from omics data. As the omics era starts with completely sequenced genomes, early efforts on algorithm development focused on exploring genomics data for gene function prediction."
Etymology
From the suffix -omics, from -ome + -ics. Compare ology.
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