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What is the difference between gene and genome?

gene | genome |

In context|genetics|lang=en terms the difference between gene and genome

is that gene is (genetics) a unit of heredity; a segment of dna or rna that is transmitted from one generation to the next, and that carries genetic information such as the sequence of amino acids for a protein while genome is (genetics)  the complete genetic information (either dna or, in some viruses, rna) of an organism, typically expressed in number of basepairs.

As nouns the difference between gene and genome

is that gene is (genetics) a unit of heredity; a segment of dna or rna that is transmitted from one generation to the next, and that carries genetic information such as the sequence of amino acids for a protein while genome is (genetics)  the complete genetic information (either dna or, in some viruses, rna) of an organism, typically expressed in number of basepairs.

gene

English

(wikipedia gene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) A unit of heredity; a segment of DNA or RNA that is transmitted from one generation to the next, and that carries genetic information such as the sequence of amino acids for a protein.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Karen McVeigh
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}

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    Related terms

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    See also

    * allele * dominant * recessive

    genome

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia genome) (en noun)
  • (genetics)  The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, just as having the human genome has made it possible to ask new questions about cellular and molecular systems.}}

    Derived terms

    * genomic * genomics * genomewide