Difference between Genes and Genomes

Difference between Genes and Genomes

Difference between Genes and Genomes are in tabular form below –

No.

Genes

Genomes

Definition

1. A biological unit which carries information to build cell, a portion of DNA is referred to as Gene. The total amount of DNA which is present in a single cell of an organism is referred to as Genome.

Genes Or Genomes

2. Thousands of genes found in higher organisms. Only one genome found in each organism.

Study of genes or genomes

3. The study of genes properties is also called as Genetics. The study of genomes properties is also called as Genomics.

Proteins

4. Here, the proteins are coded by genes. Here, the proteins are not coded by genome because genome contains all the DNA.

Base pairs

5. The genes contain only few base pairs. The genomes contain all the base pairs in a cell.

DNA

6. This is a segment of DNA molecule. This is the DNA content in a cell.
Updated: March 5, 2022 — 4:21 pm

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