OMICS: Applications in Biomedical, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Preface
The Sanskrit word om describes completeness, and the term omics probably has derived from the Sanskrit om. Therefore, omics implies fullness. Currently, the suffix -omics is used to describe various biological fields such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc., to describe studies involving the sum total of genes, proteins, and metabolites, respectively,
within an organism or a cell. With the advent of new technologies and acquired
knowledge, the number of fields in omics and their applications in diverse fields
is rapidly increasing in the postgenomics era. Such emerging fields, for example,
pharmacogenomics, epigenomics, regulomics, splisomics, metagenomics, environomics,
are budding methods to combat the global challenges associated with biomedical,
agricultural, and environmental issues. So far, various “omics” have been introduced
to describe related fields, and we propose the term unknown-omics/unknownomics
to illustrate those omics fields that are not yet introduced, and we
believe that under this terminology, many “omics” will be incorporated in the near future.
English -- 2013 -- ISBN-10: 1466562811 -- 713 pages -- PDF -- 85,4 MB
With the advent of new technologies and acquired knowledge, the number of fields in omics and their applications in diverse areas are rapidly increasing in the postgenomics era.
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Preface
The Sanskrit word om describes completeness, and the term omics probably has derived from the Sanskrit om. Therefore, omics implies fullness. Currently, the suffix -omics is used to describe various biological fields such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc., to describe studies involving the sum total of genes, proteins, and metabolites, respectively,
within an organism or a cell. With the advent of new technologies and acquired
knowledge, the number of fields in omics and their applications in diverse fields
is rapidly increasing in the postgenomics era. Such emerging fields, for example,
pharmacogenomics, epigenomics, regulomics, splisomics, metagenomics, environomics,
are budding methods to combat the global challenges associated with biomedical,
agricultural, and environmental issues. So far, various “omics” have been introduced
to describe related fields, and we propose the term unknown-omics/unknownomics
to illustrate those omics fields that are not yet introduced, and we
believe that under this terminology, many “omics” will be incorporated in the near future.
English -- 2013 -- ISBN-10: 1466562811 -- 713 pages -- PDF -- 85,4 MB
With the advent of new technologies and acquired knowledge, the number of fields in omics and their applications in diverse areas are rapidly increasing in the postgenomics era.
Download
*