The rise of genomics technologies over the past two decades has enabled the high-throughput interrogation of the entire human genetic complement.

The rise of genomics technologies over the past two decades has enabled the high-throughput interrogation of the entire human genetic complement. We can also now interrogate the whole human exome or genome , which reveals which genes are actively being converted into their protein products at a particular time or under specific conditions (such as healthy vs. diseased states). Such technologies have also facilitated the advent of a whole new field of human