Yahoo Web Search

- All
- Images
- Videos
- News
- Local
- Shopping
More
- Anytime
- Past day
- Past week
- Past month
Anytime

Search results

Dictionary
Ge·nome

/ˈjēˌnōm/

noun
- 1. the haploid set of chromosomes in a gamete or microorganism, or in each cell of a multicellular organism.
- ▪ the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism.
Word Origin 1920s: blend of gene and chromosome.
Scrabble Points: 9
- G
  2
- E
  1
- N
  1
- O
  1
- M
  3
- E
  1
Powered by Oxford Languages
More Definitions, Word Origin & Scrabble Show less

Searches related to genome meaning

genome meaning in biology genome synonym
human genome meaning intact genome meaning
diploid genome meaning mitochondrial genome meaning
bacterial genome meaning haploid genome meaning

Genome
Email
Facebook
X
LinkedIn
Entirety of an organism's hereditary information; genome of organism is the information of heredity which is passed from one generation of organism to the next; is transcribed to produce various RNAs
In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism. It consists of nucleotide sequences of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The nuclear genome includes protein-coding genes and non-coding genes, other functional regions of the genome such as regulatory sequences (see non-coding DNA), and often a substantial fraction of junk DNA with no evident funct... Wikipedia
- Wiki
Feedback

Searches related to genome meaning