Look up: genome

1. Genome
   The genetic complement contained in the chromosomes of a given organism, usually the haploid chromosome state.
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2. genome
   The genetic information for an organism, consisting (in the case of viruses) of one or more species of either RNA or DNA, but not both.
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3. Genome
   The total make-up of the genes for an infective agent (or any other life).
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4. Genome
   The entire hereditary message of an organism. The total genetic composition of the chromosomes in the nucleus of a gamete. The nucleic acid component of a virus.
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5. Genome
   the complete complement ofgenetic material in a species.
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6. Genome
   The genetic make-up of a species, plant, animal and human. Did you know that human beings and bananas are 62% similar in genome!!
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7. genome
   [n] - one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
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8. genome
   Complete set of chromosomal and extrachromosomal genes of an organism, a cell, an organelle, or a virus, i.e. the complete DNA component of an organism. Note: This includes both the
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9. Genome
   A genome is the complete set of chromosomal and extrachromosomal genes of an organism, a cell, an organelle or a virus; the complete DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) component of an organism.
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10. Genome
    Genome: All of the genetic information, the entire genetic complement, all of the hereditary material possessed by an organism. Humans and many other higher animals actually have two genomes, which together make up the total genome: A chromosomal genome -- inside the nucleus of the cell in the famil...
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11. genome
    the full complement of chromosomes, and extrachromosomal DNA coding for cellular proteins, contained within each cell of a given species Category: Medicine • A single haploid set of chromosomes of any organism. Category: Medicine
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12. genome
    The total set of genes carried by an individual or cell.
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13. genome
    <genetics, molecular biology> The total set of genes carried by an individual or cell. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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14. genome
    noun the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; `the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs`
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15. genome
    (je´nōm) the entire set of genetic information of an organism, cell, organelle, or virus. It is DNA in eukaryotes (organisms whose cells have a true nucleus) and prokaryotes (organisms whose cells do not have a true nucleus), and either DNA or RNA in viruses. The human genome has an estimated 60,000–80,000 ge...
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16. genome
    (from the article `Life Sciences`) The genome is often called the blueprint of life, but it is the epigenome—the way the genome is modified chemically and packaged—that defines how the ... Two independent teams of researchers reported on two major genome-sequencing studies. The Rhesus Macaque Genome Sequencing and Analysis Con...
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17. genome
    genome 1. The full complement of genetic information that an organism inherits from its parents, especially the set of chromosomes and the genes they carry. 2. An organism's genetic material. 3. All of the inheritable traits of an organism. Definitions and etymological sources apparently are not ...
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18. Genome
    [book] Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters is a 1999 popular science book by Matt Ridley, published by Fourth Estate. The book devotes one chapter to each pair of human chromosomes. Since one (unnumbered) chapter is required to discuss the sex chromosomes, the final chapter...
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19. Genome
    In modern molecular biology and genetics, the genome is the entirety of an organism`s hereditary information. It is encoded either in DNA or, for many types of virus, in RNA. The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA/RNA. == Origin of term == The term was adapted in...
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20. genome
    All the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism; its size is generally given as its total number of base pairs.
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