{"id":8047,"date":"2019-05-22T16:03:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/genome\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:03:27","slug":"genome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/genome\/","title":{"rendered":"Genome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The total genetic material of any organism [i.e., in humans, the 23 pairs of chromosomes that make up the genome, together with the genes they house, and a lot of DNA that does not contribute to genes (i.e., non-coding DNA)]. &nbsp;More specifically, it is the entire genetic complement of a prokaryote species and the haploid nuclear genetic complement of a eukaryotic species. &nbsp;Each animal or plant has its own unique genome. &nbsp;The originator of the term &#8216;genome&#8217; was the botanist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myetymology.com\/encyclopedia\/Hans_Winkler.html\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.myetymology.com\/encyclopedia\/Hans_Winkler.html&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hans Winkler <\/a>(1877-1945) who derived it from combining &#8216;gene&#8217; and &#8216;chromosome&#8217; in 1920.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"caenorhabditis_-c--_elegans_-or_nematode-\">Caenorhabditis (C.) elegans (or nematode)<\/a>, <a href=\"chromosome\">Chromosome<\/a>, <a href=\"dna_-deoxyribonucleic_acid-\">DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)<\/a>, <a href=\"eukaryote_cell_-or_organism-\">Eukaryote cell (or organism)<\/a>, <a href=\"gene\">Gene<\/a>, <a href=\"genomics\">Genomics<\/a>, <a href=\"genotype_and_phenotype\">Genotype and phenotype<\/a>, <a href=\"human_connectome_project_-hcp-\">Human Connectome Project (HCP)<\/a>, <a href=\"human_genome_project_-hgp-\">Human Genome Project (HGP)<\/a>, <a href=\"prokaryote_cell_-or_organism-\">Prokaryote cell (or organism)<\/a>, <a href=\"sex_chromosomes\">Sex chromosomes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The total genetic material of any organism [i.e., in humans, the 23 pairs of chromosomes that make up the genome, together with the genes they house, and a lot of DNA that does not contribute to genes (i.e., non-coding DNA)]. &nbsp;More specifically, it is the entire genetic complement of a prokaryote species and the haploid &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/genome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Genome&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-8047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}