: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism compare proteome
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The company’s at-home kits allow customers to exchange a saliva sample for insights into their genome relating to things such as their possible ancestry, health, and food preferences.
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Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
The pursuit of the first synthetic genome is to really understand what the first principles of genome organization are.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Ultimately, this can help the company identify which particular sections of the plant genome might be associated with an ability to survive droughts, a valuable trait.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Kazansky’s team used ultra-fast lasers to inscribe the human genome data into voids as small as 20 nanometers (a nanometer is about one-billionth of a meter).
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
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Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
The pursuit of the first synthetic genome is to really understand what the first principles of genome organization are.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Ultimately, this can help the company identify which particular sections of the plant genome might be associated with an ability to survive droughts, a valuable trait.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
Kazansky’s team used ultra-fast lasers to inscribe the human genome data into voids as small as 20 nanometers (a nanometer is about one-billionth of a meter).
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 20 Sep. 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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