Genomic Variation, Population Genomics and Disease Population and Comparative Genomics Use of comparative genomics and evolutionary biology approaches to associate genomic regions or elements with phenotypic traits, elucidate their function and understand their role in disease. Includes improvements in the way genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes of model and non-model organisms are annotated.  Kris A. Wetterstrand, M.S. comparative genetics, molecular evolution, multiple species