This unique new text delivers a solid foundation for understanding the role of
genomics in human health and in advances that promise to help improve the
quality of human life. Unlike other works that focus mainly on toxicogenomic
techniques, Genomics presents a thorough overview of the field in four major
sections: 1) fundamentals of genes and genome structure, function, expression,
variations, and genomic technology platforms; 2) applications of genomics in
drug discovery and drug development, safety evaluation, genomic database
maintenance, mining, and analysis, food safety monitoring, and translational
toxicogenomics; 3) how regulatory agencies such as the FDA and EPA use genomic
data in their safety evaluation; and 4)