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Definition of Genome

1. Noun. The ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism. "The human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs"

Definition of Genome

1. Noun. (genetics) The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism, typically expressed in number of basepairs. ¹

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Definition of Genome

1. a haploid set of chromosomes [n -S] : GENOMIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Genome

1. The total set of genes carried by an individual or cell. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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