genome

American  

[jee-nohm] / ˈdʒi noʊm /

Also genom

noun

Genetics.

1. a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.

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genome British  

/ ˈdʒiːnəʊm, dʒɪˈnɒmɪk /

noun

1. the full complement of genetic material within an organism

2. all the genes comprising a haploid set of chromosomes

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genome Scientific  

/ jē′nōm /

1. The total amount of genetic information in the chromosomes of an organism, including its genes and DNA sequences. The genome of eukaryotes is made up of a single, haploid set of chromosomes that is contained in the nucleus of every cell and exists in two copies in all cells except reproductive and red blood cells. The human genome is made up of about 20,000 to 25,000 genes.

2. Compare proteome

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genome Cultural  

1. The sum of all information contained in the DNA for any living thing. The sequence of all the nucleotides in all the chromosomes of an organism.

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Other Word Forms

• genomic adjective

Etymology

Origin of genome

First recorded in 1925–30; from German Genom, from Gen gene + (Chromos)om chromosome

Example Sentences

"However, while there have been individual studies on changes in the plants' genomes, their ecology and their reproduction, we don't know how they relate to each other," explains Suetsugu.

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By sequencing the genomes of the worms that survived these higher oxygen levels, the researchers uncovered mutations in two mitochondrial genes: FDX2 and NFS1.

From Science Daily

Researchers have found hundreds of genes that could be associated with autism; there may be many more among the roughly 20,000 in the human genome.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers have pinpointed specific areas of the human genome that are unusually susceptible to genetic changes.

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With these sequences, he reconstructed a complete genome and then searched that genome for the genes involved in making saxitoxin.

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