: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism compare proteome
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Senior author Louise van der Weyden, a staff scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in England, and a team of researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats.
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K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
The team identified a region in the banana genome that controls resistance to a strain of Fusarium wilt called Sub Tropical Race 4 (STR4), which affects bananas in subtropical regions.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
When the company unveiled the dire wolves in April 2025, some argued that even though Colossal analyzed ancient dire wolf DNA, some from 72,000 years ago, the animals were really spawned from a gray wolf genome with 20 genetic changes over 14 genes.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
These included different regions of the genome across strains specific to arabica and robusta coffee.
—Lily Peck, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
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K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
The team identified a region in the banana genome that controls resistance to a strain of Fusarium wilt called Sub Tropical Race 4 (STR4), which affects bananas in subtropical regions.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
When the company unveiled the dire wolves in April 2025, some argued that even though Colossal analyzed ancient dire wolf DNA, some from 72,000 years ago, the animals were really spawned from a gray wolf genome with 20 genetic changes over 14 genes.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
These included different regions of the genome across strains specific to arabica and robusta coffee.
—Lily Peck, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Genome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genome. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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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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