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Genome

A genome is all the DNA contained in an organism or a cell, which includes the chromosomes plus the DNA in mitochondria (and DNA in the chloroplasts of plant cells).

Sources:  definition from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Glossary of Genetic Terms; image from the "NLM Associates.ppt" presentation, October 2002, by Susan Dombrowski, Ph.D.

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Revised 11/01/2007