In biology and genetics, a genome is the particular number and combination of certain chromosomes necessary to form the single nucleus of a living cell.
[technical]
genome in British English
or genom (ˈdʒiːnəʊm)
noun
1.
the full complement of genetic material within an organism
2.
all the genes comprising a haploid set of chromosomes
Derived forms
genomic (dʒɪˈnɒmɪk)
adjective
Word origin
C20: from German Genom, from Gengene + (chromos)ome
genome in American English
(ˈdʒiˌnoʊm)
noun
1.
one complete haploid set of chromosomes of an organism
2.
the total genetic information present in a somatic cell and unique to any specific organism
Derived forms
genomic (geˈnomic) (ˈdʒiˈnoʊmɪk; ˈdʒiˈnɑmɪk)
adjective
Word origin
Ger genom < gen, gene + (chromos)om, chromosome
Examples of 'genome' in a sentence
genome
Working out how the full mammoth genome fitted together is the first step.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This set of instructions is called the human genome.
Christianity Today (2000)
It is as if the human genome can remember where it came from.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One justification for the genome project was the transformation of medical practice.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
What was the human genome project?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So far such whole genome mapping has been expensive and time-consuming.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Now we've got the whole genome.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In some sense, it is a test of the whole genome.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Some of those who worked on the original human genome project might find it ironic that their work has helped the beauty industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then the whole issue with the human genome and having at least half a dozen books out there of other people interpreting my stuff.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Initial tests did not show anything significant and doctors were unable to give her a diagnosis until she signed up for the genome project.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Other researchers are trying to reconstruct the whole mammoth genome, with at least three teams in the race.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But the fossil record and much of modern nature do not provide data comparable in accuracy to that of the human genome project or astronomy.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
Researchers hope to map an entire genome within a week - but will have to wait two years for technology to catch up.
The Sun (2009)
But in the Nineties he moved into big science and oversaw the British segment of the human genome project.