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Genomics is the study of genes and the specific characteristics that make people, plants, bacteria and animals who or what they are. In some senses, genomics is the science most focused on the unique traits of the individual. Although genetics can be an intensely personal field of science, its applications and the applications of related sciences such as proteomics affect human health and agriculture on a global scale.

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  1. St Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK

    Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan (Senior Member, Senior Scholar in Geostrategy, and Director of the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security Programme)

  2. Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan (Senior Member, Senior Scholar in Geostrategy, and Director of the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security Programme)

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Al-Rodhan, N.R.F. (2011). Genomics. In: The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304949_7

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