genome
Etymology
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Etymology
From earlier genom, from German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen and Chromosom and .
Pronunciation Noungenome (plural genomes)
- (genetics) The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism. [from 1930]
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