: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism compare proteome
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For plants, bigger genomes are associated with slower growth and less efficient photosynthesis.
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Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Sometimes, children are not the only ones to benefit from having their genomes sequenced.
—Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
By 2003, scientists had the complete sequence of the 3 billion nucleotide base pairs coding for 20,000 to 25,000 genes in the human genome.
—Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2024
In a paper posted to the preprint site bioRxiv, the researchers detected fragments of adenovirus (which causes cold-like illnesses), herpesvirus (linked to cold sores) and papillomavirus (HPV) in Neanderthal genome data.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
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Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Sometimes, children are not the only ones to benefit from having their genomes sequenced.
—Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
By 2003, scientists had the complete sequence of the 3 billion nucleotide base pairs coding for 20,000 to 25,000 genes in the human genome.
—Marc Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2024
In a paper posted to the preprint site bioRxiv, the researchers detected fragments of adenovirus (which causes cold-like illnesses), herpesvirus (linked to cold sores) and papillomavirus (HPV) in Neanderthal genome data.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
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genome
noun
ge·nome
ˈjē-ˌnōm 
: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism
The idea behind sequencing an organism's genome—decoding, letter by letter, the message contained in every last one of its genes—is that it would tell us a lot about how the organism works. —Lori Oliwenstein, Discover
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