2006-12-12 12:21:17 · 2 answers · asked by Jacqueline C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
genome is the total genetic content contained in a haploid set of chromosomes in eukaryotes, in a single chromosome in bacteria, or in the DNA or RNA of viruses.
The sum of all information contained in the DNA for any living thing. The sequence of all the nucleotides in all the chromosomes of an organism.
In biology the genome of an organism is its whole hereditary information and is encoded in the DNA (or, for some viruses, RNA). This includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA. The term was coined in 1920 by Hans Winkler, Professor of Botany at the University of Hamburg, Germany, as a combination of the words gene and chromosome.
2006-12-12 13:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by jamaica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genome is the complete set of Dna sequence in one set of chromosomes.
the complete set of dna sequence present in the nucleus is called the nuclear genome and the complete set of dna sequences present in the mitochondria is called as the mitochondrial genome
2006-12-12 21:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by PRABHU A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋