Difference between Genes and Genomes
Difference between Genes and Genomes are in tabular form below –
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Genes |
Genomes |
Definition |
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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 |
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2. | Thousands of genes found in higher organisms. | Only one genome found in each organism. |
Study of genes or genomes |
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3. | The study of genes properties is also called as Genetics. | The study of genomes properties is also called as Genomics. |
Proteins |
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4. | Here, the proteins are coded by genes. | Here, the proteins are not coded by genome because genome contains all the DNA. |
Base pairs |
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5. | The genes contain only few base pairs. | The genomes contain all the base pairs in a cell. |
DNA |
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6. | This is a segment of DNA molecule. | This is the DNA content in a cell. |