GENOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genome mean? 

• GENOME (noun)
  The noun GENOME has 1 sense:

1. the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism

  Familiarity information: GENOME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs

Hypernyms ("genome" is a kind of...):

order; ordering; ordination (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements)

 Context examples 

One section of the ATC is the genome's National Institutes Sequencing Center (NISC) where the NCI sequencing and genotyping group will be located, and another part is the array facility.

(Advanced Technology Center, NCI Thesaurus)

The genome is composed of segmented, double-stranded RNA.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The strain is viremic from birth in that all tissues express the AKV retrovirus and copies of the AKV genome are integrated in the mouse genome, which is associated with leukemia development.

(AKR/J Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

The genome is composed of a linear, single-strand of positive sense RNA.

(Alphavirus, NCI Thesaurus)

However, the locations of these structural features in the genome vary depending on a cell’s type and state.

(Expanding Our Understanding of Genomics, NIH)

Includes infection, replication, and expression of the viral genome.

(Molecular Virology, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers used a very sensitive test to look at whether any genes in the human genome were turned off or on in order to define a volunteer's reactions.

(Humans More Unique than Expected When It Comes to Digesting Fatty Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The genome is composed of non-segmented, linear double-stranded DNA.

(Molluscum Contagiosum Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The genome is composed of a linear, single-strand of positive sense, naked RNA.

(Aphthovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A cellular response that is characteristic of apoptosis is fragmentation of the nuclear genome to create a nucleosomal ladder.

(Apoptotic DNA Fragmentation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)