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  • adjective genetics Throughout a genome.

Etymologies

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From genome +‎ -wide. Coined in the 1990s with the rise of genomics.

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Examples

  • This method, called a genomewide association study, has proved technically successful despite many skeptics 'initial doubts.

    The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper 2009

  • So-called genomewide association studies, it turns out, have not fulfilled their goal of discovering DNA changes responsible for common ills.

    The Health Care Blog 2009

  • This method, called a genomewide association study, has proved technically successful despite many skeptics 'initial doubts.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

  • This method, called a genomewide association study, has proved technically successful despite many skeptics 'initial doubts.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

  • This method, called a genomewide association study, has proved technically successful despite many skeptics 'initial doubts.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2009

  • This method, called a genomewide association study, has proved technically successful despite many skeptics 'initial doubts.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2009

  • The conference provided up-to-date information on hereditary cancer syndromes, congenital heart disease and new technologies such as genomewide association studies and microarray.

    unknown title 2009

  • He and his coauthors conducted a genomewide association study, in which the complete genomes of many people are scanned to find genetic variations linked to common diseases or, in this case, physiological traits.

    Exercise won't boost endurance for 1 in 5 2010

  • Risk alleles for multiple sclerosis identified by a genomewide study.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Risk alleles for multiple sclerosis identified by a genomewide study.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

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