Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of the structure and function of nucleotide sequences isolated directly from an environmental sample, especially of a community of microorganisms.
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- noun genetics The study of
genomes recovered fromenvironmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multipleorganisms orindividuals , either in asymbiotic relationship, or at acrime scene .
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Examples
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Hugenholtz says that metagenomics is grappling with the problem of having too much information and too few references.
Gut Reactions 2008
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Hugenholtz says that metagenomics is grappling with the problem of having too much information and too few references.
Gut Reactions 2008
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Sequencing DNA directly from the environment, a technique commonly referred to as metagenomics, is an important tool for cataloging microbial life.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jenna L. Morgan et al. 2010
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Sequencing DNA directly from the environment, a technique commonly referred to as metagenomics, is an important tool for cataloging microbial life.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jenna L. Morgan et al. 2010
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D. audaxviator was captured and its unusual genome sequenced and analyzed using the techniques of environmental genomics, also called metagenomics, by scientists from the U.S.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2008
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A sampling of the entire DNA of microbes (known as metagenomics) revealed some 332,000 gene sequences, or about 100 times more than was found in previous studies of skin bacteria.
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Advances in DNA sequencing technologies now allow whole genomes to be covered, thus creating the new academic field of 'metagenomics'.
DrugResearcher RSS 2009
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Advances in DNA sequencing technologies now allow whole genomes to be covered, thus creating the new academic field of 'metagenomics'.
DrugResearcher RSS 2009
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Advances in DNA sequencing technologies now allow whole genomes to be covered, thus creating the new academic field of 'metagenomics'.
DrugResearcher RSS 2009
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Advances in DNA sequencing technologies now allow whole genomes to be covered, thus creating the new academic field of 'metagenomics'.
DrugResearcher RSS 2009
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