Genome vs Prophage - What's the difference?
genome | prophage |
(genetics) The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
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(biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome.
As nouns the difference between genome and prophage
is that genome is The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism while prophage is the latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome.genome
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(wikipedia genome) (en noun)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.}}
