Genetics and Genomics

Abstract

Genetics has undergone several significant technological advances since the early 1960s, which have dramatically expanded the application of genetics across life sciences, most recently into the field of genomics, which is a subarea of genetics. Consequently, genetic methods are employed not only to study genetics per se, but also as an indirect means for inquiries into the evolution, ecology, behavior, and conservation of natural populations. This chapter focuses on the current, most commonly applied methodologies.