Question

What is the difference between evolutionary genomics and population genetics?

Answer 1

Evolutionary genomics:

Genome evolution is the process by which the genome changes its structure or size over time.

Population heredity:

Population genetics is the study of genetic variation within and between populations and the evolutionary factors that explain this diversity.

Difference between evolutionary genomics and population genetics:

Genome evolution	Population genetics
1. Genome evolution is the process by which the genome changes its structure or size over time.	1. Population genetics is the study of the distribution and changes of allele frequency in a population, as the population is subject to four main evolutionary processes: natural selection, genetic flow, mutation, and gene flow.
2. The study of genome evolution involves multiple fields such as structural analysis of the genome, the study of genomic parasites, genes and ancient genome duplication, polyploidy, and comparative genomics.	2. It also takes into account factors such as recombination, population subdivision, and population structure.
3. Genome evolution is a constantly changing and evolving field due to the ever-increasing number of successive genomes, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic, available to the scientific community and the general public.	3. Studies in this branch of biology investigate phenomena such as adaptation and specificity.