Figure 1.

Morphomics as an integral part of systems biology. The genome is essentially constant but the epigenome is more variable and influences the transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, physiome and morphome. As well as the proteome, the glycome and lipidome (not shown) will affect the metabolome, physiome and morphome. All may be influenced in turn by the exposome (the totality of environmental conditions to which the system becomes exposed). This simple and incomplete representation serves to emphasise that all these fields have roles to play in furthering our understanding of biological systems and how they alter under various conditions.