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Genome vs Subgenome - What's the difference?

genome | subgenome |

As nouns the difference between genome and subgenome

is that genome is genome (complete genetic information of an organism) while subgenome is (genetics) a subset of a genome, especially one that has a specific function.

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

    subgenome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) A subset of a genome, especially one that has a specific function