Plant, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Plant Genetics and Genomics

In biology, a gene is a unit of heredity transferred from a parent to offspring. Regions or group of genes can make up a plant’s or animals DNA structure and are what determine some characteristics. More simply put, a gene contains a particular set of instructions.

Plant Genetics is a wide spectrum term. There are multiple types of genetics in general. The study of genetics is the branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms. Plant genetics deals with the related activities of the plant that affect the day to day life processes of the plant.

Plant Genomics is the part of molecular biology working with the structure, function, evolution, and mapping of genomes in plants and widely used in Agriculture. Genomics deals with the study of genes, their expression and their activities, the role played in biology. Genomics is a branch of genetics that is concerned with the sequencing and analysis of an organism's genome. Genomics helps us in maintaining a large number of database that assists us to study genetic variation.