Question

What is comparative genomics. Add a note on is significance.

Answer 1

Comparative Genomics. ... The major principles of comparative genomics are straightforward. Common features of two organisms will often be encoded within the DNA that is conserved between the species.

Comparative genomics is the direct comparison of complete genetic material of one organism against that of another to gain a better understanding of how species evolved and to determine the function of genes and noncoding regions in genomes.