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GENOME
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I. (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
Example:
the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("genome" is a kind of...):
order; ordering; ordination (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements)
Context examples:
According to the genome sequence data, many organisms seem to lack genes for the full cycle, but contain genes for specific segments.
(Citrate Cycle (TCA Cycle) Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
The science concerned with the chemical and physical nature of genes and the genome.
(Biochemical Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes RecQ-mediated genome instability protein 2, plays a role in the regulation of homologous recombination.
(C16orf75 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An integrated physical and genetic linkage map of the human genome produced by the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) and the Genethon research laboratories.
(CEPH/Genethon Map, NCI Thesaurus)
The genome is composed of single-stranded, positive-sense RNA.
(Barmah Forest Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
Its genome is a circular DNA of 5386 bases.
(Bacteriophage Phi X 174, NCI Thesaurus)
The genome is composed of a linear, non-segmented single-strand of positive sense RNA.
(Astroviridae, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers do not know the long-term effects of these genome changes, which they term “microbiota scars.”
(Prolonged antibiotic treatment may alter preterm infants’ microbiome, National Institutes of Health)
Recent studies in birds have identified large regions of the genome associated with migration, encompassing hundreds of genes, but it has been difficult to pinpoint the specific roles of any single gene.
(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)
The proto-oncogene src (c-src) codes for a protein that is a member of the tyrosine kinase family and was the first proto-oncogene identified in the human genome.
(Oncogene SRC, NCI Thesaurus)
