Genome Definition

jēnōm
genomes
noun
One complete haploid set of chromosomes of an organism.
Webster's New World
The total genetic information present in a somatic cell and unique to any specific organism.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Genome

Noun

Singular:
genome
Plural:
genomes

Origin of Genome

  • From German Genom; gene +‎ -ome

    From Wiktionary

  • gen(e) –ome

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Genome Sentence Examples

  • In 2005, rice became the first crop plant whose complete genome had been compiled.

  • When we think of decoding the genome, we typically think in terms of the human genome.

  • By looking at how the genome varies between people with a genetic condition and people without it, we can identify the troublemaking gene.

  • Fifty years later, the human genome was decoded.

  • That three-billion-letter recipe for making you is what was sequenced—deciphered and written down—in the human genome project.

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Words Starting With

GGEGEN

Words Ending With

EMEOME

Unscrambles

genome

Words Starting With G and Ending With E

Starts With G & Ends With EStarts With GE & Ends With EStarts With G & Ends With ME

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With G6 Letter Words Ending With E