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- The complete genetic material of an organism.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - disorder, genomics, perturbation, xeroderma pigmentosum
- The genetic complement contained in the chromosomes of a given organism, usually the haploid chromosome state.
Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This Definition - 1. The entire complement of genetic material (genes plus non-coding sequences) present in each cell of an organism, virus or organelle. 2. The complete set of chromosomes (hence of genes) inherited as a unit from one parent.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - All the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism; its size is generally given as its total number of base pairs.
USDA CSREES - Cite This Source - This Definition - chromonema, chromosomal integration site, chromosome banding, chromosome theory of inheritance, Chromosomes, compound chromosome, Cytogenetics, endomitosis, independent assortment, karyogram, lampbrush chromosome, X-linked
- All the DNA contained in an organism or a cell, which includes both the chromosomes within the nucleus and the DNA in mitochondria. See also cell, chromosome, nucleus
National Human Genome Research Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - All the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism; its size is generally given as its total number of base pairs.
Human Genome Project - Cite This Source - This Definition - Autosome, Chromosome, human artificial chromosome (HAC), Micronuclei, Nucleus, sex chromosome, sex-linked, Y-chromosome
- The total gene complement of a set of chromosomes.
The President's Council on Bioethics - Cite This Source - This Definition - The complete genetic material of an organism.
DHHS - Cite This Source - This Definition - Gene, Genomic imprinting, Goosecoid, Hox genes, Maternal gene product, Transgene