: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly : the genetic material of an organism
compare proteome
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Notably, Venter used his own genome as his sample for the effort. —
Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026 But getting genomes into cells is not trivial. —Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 The genes for the 21 proteins in the small subunit are all clustered next to each other on a 10,000-base-long stretch of the genome, so the researchers could just replace them all at once. —ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026 Venter led the effort to produce one of the first draft sequences of the human genome. —Francie Ebert, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for genome
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Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026 But getting genomes into cells is not trivial. —Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 The genes for the 21 proteins in the small subunit are all clustered next to each other on a 10,000-base-long stretch of the genome, so the researchers could just replace them all at once. —ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026 Venter led the effort to produce one of the first draft sequences of the human genome. —Francie Ebert, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for genome
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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
Lori Oliwenstein, Discover
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