Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The total genetic content contained in a haploid set of chromosomes in eukaryotes, in a single chromosome in bacteria or archaea, or in the DNA or RNA of viruses.
- noun An organism's genetic material.
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- noun genetics The complete
genetic information (eitherDNA or, in some viruses,RNA ) of an organism, typically expressed in number of basepairs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Following the term genome, these are called connectomes.
The Ultimate Brain Quest Daniel J. Levitin 2012
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If your genome is altered during your life (say, you get sun cancer, or catch a 'bug' that inserts DNA into your genes) it is not supposed to be heritable – individual organisms do not evolve.
Assessing Causality 2008
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If your genome is altered during your life (say, you get sun cancer, or catch a 'bug' that inserts DNA into your genes) it is not supposed to be heritable – individual organisms do not evolve.
Assessing Causality 2008
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If your genome is altered during your life (say, you get sun cancer, or catch a 'bug' that inserts DNA into your genes) it is not supposed to be heritable – individual organisms do not evolve.
Assessing Causality 2008
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In particular, I don't have time to read many hand-waving, then the genome is acquired just-so stories.
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On a planet where no genomes exist, a genome is the target and the wall is the range of possible sequences.
A Minimal Genome 2006
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On a planet where no genomes exist, a genome is the target and the wall is the range of possible sequences.
A Minimal Genome 2006
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Arguably, the genome is the most important linear information stream on the planet -- so I decided to write a computer program to translate DNA sequences to musical notes.
- Boing Boing 2005
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Retroviruses are the only group of viruses known to have left a fossil record, in the form of endogenous proviruses, and approximately 8% of the human genome is made up of these elements1, 2.
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My genome is extremely personal, so the thought of someone else using my genome to make them money would frustrate me, i.e. insurance companies.
Cooperative Blog » Blog Archive » This is a half-formed thought 2009
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