: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism compare proteome
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Once that was done, the researchers started looking through the genomes of species that have been identified as breaking down industrial contaminants.
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ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
The company’s project involved recovering DNA of the extinct dire wolf from a fossil tooth found in Idaho and an ear bone in Ohio, parts of the animal’s primordial habitat, but the key was its editing of a donor genome of the gray wolf to alter 14 of its genes.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
These approaches are higher up on the drug development tree; scientists have been discussing the promises of personalized medicine since a draft of the human genome sequence was completed in 2000.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
Fifteen edits were derived from Colossal’s study of the dire-wolf genome and five tweaks were derived from scrutiny of the gray-wolf genome.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
The company’s project involved recovering DNA of the extinct dire wolf from a fossil tooth found in Idaho and an ear bone in Ohio, parts of the animal’s primordial habitat, but the key was its editing of a donor genome of the gray wolf to alter 14 of its genes.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
These approaches are higher up on the drug development tree; scientists have been discussing the promises of personalized medicine since a draft of the human genome sequence was completed in 2000.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
Fifteen edits were derived from Colossal’s study of the dire-wolf genome and five tweaks were derived from scrutiny of the gray-wolf genome.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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genome
noun
ge·nome
ˈjē-ˌnōm 
: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain
broadly
: the genetic material of an organism
The idea behind sequencing an organism's genome—decoding, letter by letter, the message contained in every last one of its genes—is that it would tell us a lot about how the organism works. —Lori Oliwenstein, Discover
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