| 单词 | genome |
| 释义 | genome (once / 5410 pages) n The human genome is the map of your DNA, the double helix that contains all your genes. Your genome is all the genetic material contained in your 23 pairs of chromosomes, a total of more than 20,000 genes. Every organism has its own unique genome. "The Human Genome Project," completed in 2003, was an international effort to identify all the genes in human DNA and to determine the sequences of the 3 billion (yes, billion) base pairs — the smaller units that make up DNA. It took 13 years. Genome research has helped diagnose disease and find genetic markers for certain diseases. WORD FAMILYgenome: genomes USAGE EXAMPLESDecoding a genome now runs between a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, spawning a flurry of potential new applications. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Then they removed the gene from the genome of the tomato. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) The researchers compared the genomes of nearly 200 Inuit with genomes of Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern populations around the world. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) n 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 Hyper order, ordering, ordination logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements |
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