The study of genetics deals primary with how one trait gets passed along from parent to child, through the generations. The study of genomics deals with the sequencing and analysis of an organism’s genome.

Genome is the genetic material of an organism. The genome is coded in DNA, or in RNA for many types of viruses. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is a nucleic acid made up of molecules that encode the...

Studies show that chimps and humans share a 96% similarity in DNA. Humans, chimps and bonobos differ from gorillas by 1.6%, while humans and the African apes differ from the orangutan by a difference of 1.3%....