genome
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ge·nome
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Definition of genome
: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism — compare proteome
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Researchers specifically identified five genetic variants present in people’s full genomes that appear to be involved. — Pam Belluck, New York Times, "Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’," 29 Aug. 2019 In the new study, a team led by Brendan Zietsch of the University of Queensland, Australia, mined several massive genome data banks, including that of 23andMe and the UK Biobank (23andMe did not fund the research). — Sara Reardon, Scientific American, "Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior," 29 Aug. 2019 The gene is later inserted into the genome and essentially corrects the mutation without replacing the entire gene. — Fox News, "New gene-editing technology could help treat Huntington's disease, premature aging, study says," 29 Aug. 2019 When Tollis began working on Salt’s genome in 2015, there were only five. — Doug Johnson, Quartz, "Elephants and whales could give us the cure for cancer—unless we keep killing them," 14 Aug. 2019 Based on the genome reconstructions, these organisms appear to have relatives of some genes that had only been seen previously in eukaryotes and are used for organizing the inside of cells. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "We’ve finally gotten a look at the microbe that might have been our ancestor," 7 Aug. 2019 The genome, which has some nineteen thousand letters in it, holds the master designs of Ebola’s proteins. — Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "Is Ebola Evolving Into a More Deadly Virus?," 7 Aug. 2019 Lindsay Rizzardi, a Johns Hopkins biologist who studied Scott Kelly’s genome for the twin study, says. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Scientists are grappling with our biggest limitation in spaceflight: our own bodies," 18 July 2019 And that might be a bigger challenge than sequencing all the genomes themselves. — Eugene Koonin, Quartz, "What will we do once we’ve sequenced all the genomes?," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'genome.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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genome
noun
ge·nome
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Medical Definition of genome
: 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, January 1996