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Basic definitions
| Genetics: The study of individual genes and their impact on relatively rare single-gene disorders |
| Genomics: The study of all of the genes in the human genome together, including their interactions with each other, the environment, and other psychosocial and cultural factors |
| Pharmacogenomics: The study of the influences of genetic variation on medication and adverse events |
