: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism compare proteome
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In these cases, an infected cell started copying a viral genome only to reverse partway through and then copy the genome backward to its starting point.
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Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
To scientists, twins like Sam and John pose an important question: How can a disorder that is known to be highly genetic look so different in siblings who share the same genome?
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
To scientists, twins like Sam and John pose an important question: How can a disorder that is known to be highly genetic look so different in siblings who share the same genome?
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
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genome
noun
ge·nome
ˈjē-ˌnōm 
: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism
The idea behind sequencing an organism's genome—decoding, letter by letter, the message contained in every last one of its genes—is that it would tell us a lot about how the organism works. —Lori Oliwenstein, Discover
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