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Karyotype vs Genome - What's the difference?

karyotype | genome |

As nouns the difference between karyotype and genome

is that karyotype is (genetics) the observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species while genome is genome (complete genetic information of an organism).

As a verb karyotype

is to investigate or record such characteristics.

karyotype

English

(wikipedia karyotype)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
  • (genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
  • (obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.

    • Derived terms

    * karyotypic

    Related terms

    * karyogram

    Verb

    (karyotyp)
  • To investigate or record such characteristics

    • 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