- Genomics- A discipline in genetics concerned with the study of the genomes of organisms.
- Genome- The entirety of an organism's heredity information.
- Restriction Enzyme- An enzyme that cuts DNA at specific recognition nucleotide sequences (with Type II restriction enzymes cutting double-stranded DNA) known as restriction sites.
- Genotyping- The process of determining differences in the genetic make-up (genotype) of an individual by examining the individual's DNA sequence using biological assays and comparing it to another individual's sequence or a reference sequence.
- Predictive Medicine- Using information that is pulled from personal genomics testing when choosing what types of medical treatments would be useful for a particular individual.
- Genetic Discrimination- Discriminating on the information that is taken from an individual's genome.
- SNP- Single nucleotide polymorphisms.
- Probes- Bits of DNA complementary to sites in your genome where SNPs of interest are located.
