"Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms." American Heritage College Dictionary 3rd. Edition
Genomics is "The study of all of the nucleotide sequences, including structural genes, regulatory sequences, and noncoding DNA segments, in the chromosomes of an organism. " Stedman's Medical Dictionary 2002
Fact Sheet from the National Human Genome Research Institute
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