Comparative Genomics Analysis

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Abstract

The key concept of comparative genomics is the identification of similarities and differences between genomes to decode the biological information of an individual organism. Over the past decades, genome sequencing has provided the necessary leap to do genomic comparisons. This article aims to focus on three major areas of this application; starting with single-celled prokaryotes for identification of disease-related genes, followed by eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia and Plantae in the agricultural sector and finally the use of animal models in biomedical research. These applications demonstrate the advances that comparative genomics analysis has brought in understanding all domains of life.

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