Definition of exome
:the part of the genome consisting of exons that code information for protein synthesis
- The Personal Genome Project is beginning with the exome: the 1 percent of our genome that is translated into strings of amino acids that assemble themselves into proteins.
- —Steven Pinker
- The exome is the portion of the genome known to encode proteins … . Whole-exome sequencing has the advantage of reduced cost and analysis of a much smaller data set than that obtained by sequencing the entire genome.
- —Howard J. Jacob
