Exome
//ˈɛksoʊm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The complete exon content of an organism or individual; the subset of the genome that excludes introns.
"Because of her significant testing, Avery had had DNA sequencing of her “exome,” the part of her genome that makes proteins in the body, said Dr. Michael Wangler, a researcher at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital."
Example
More examples"Because of her significant testing, Avery had had DNA sequencing of her “exome,” the part of her genome that makes proteins in the body, said Dr. Michael Wangler, a researcher at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital."
Etymology
From exon + -ome.
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