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- noun genetics Any of various fields of study that are only possible after the publication of the
genome of an organism
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Today, along with the completion of the human genome sequence and the beginning of what is being called the era of postgenomics, genetics is again experiencing a time of conceptual change, voices even being raised to abandon the concept of the gene altogether in favor of new terminologies (Keller and Harel 2007).
Gene Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg 2009
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Jakobsen JS, Goldman BS, Singer M, Garza AG, et al. (2006) Bacterial postgenomics: the promise and peril of systems biology.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jarrod J. Scott et al. 2010
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