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genome Definition

ge·nome (nōm′)

noun

  1. one complete haploid set of chromosomes of an organism
  2. the total genetic information present in a somatic cell and unique to any specific organism

Etymology: Ger genom < gen, gene + (chromos)om, chromosome

genome Related Forms

ge·nomic (-nōmik, -nämik) adjective

genome Usage Examples

Preposition: of

organism: The same is true of all genomes of higher organisms.

Converse of object

  • sequenced: This is truly ironic that it could happen at the very time that we have sequenced the human genome.
  • decode: There's been a lot of hype over decoding the genome of humans and other organisms.
  • invade: Alien genetic material invading genomes also give rise to gene mutations, some of which may result in cancer.

Adjective modifier

  • microbial: Annotation Artemis is now the main annotation tool used for analysis of microbial genomes at the Sanger Institute.
  • eukaryotic: Using Artemis as a sequence analysis tool for prokaryote and small eukaryotic genomes.
  • sequenced: For the existing sequenced genomes function can be assigned to typically only between 40-60 % of the Open Reading Frames ( ORFs ).
  • mitochondrial: The human mitochondrial genome is a small circular DNA molecule 16 568 bp in length containing 37 genes.
  • viral: However, in a minority of cervical cancer cases, the HPV viral genome fails to integrate into the host genome.
  • mammalian: The similarities between mammalian genomes can be exploited in a variety of ways.

Modifies a noun

  • sequence: In reality, the only concrete offering from the human genome sequence is hundreds of patented gene tests.
  • shotgun: At present, approximately 6.4 million traces from the MSC's whole genome shotgun sequencing effort have been deposited into the archives.
  • replication: Genome replication: The stage of viral replication at which the virus genome is copied to form new progeny genomes.
  • annotation: This approach can also be used to automatically test biological genome annotations.

Noun used with modifier

  • elegans: The sequencing of the C. elegans genome has relied almost entirely on the sequence ready contigs provided by the physical map.
  • chloroplast: The chloroplast genome codes for the transcription and translation machinery of the chloroplast plus numerous structural proteins.
  • rice: How will the rice genome sequence, recently announced, affect the food security of the poor?
  • briggsae: Comparing syntenic regions of the C. elegans and C. briggsae genomes.
  • falciparum: This will serve as useful comparative genomics resource to complement the complete Plasmodium falciparum genome.
  • plasmodium: This will serve as useful comparative genomics resource to complement the complete Plasmodium falciparum genome.

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