"sum total of genes in a set," 1930, genom, modeled on German genom, coined 1920 by German botanist Hans Winkler, from gen "gene" (see gene) + (chromos)om "chromosome" (see chromosome).
中文解释
1、gene + chromosome.
实用例句
1. They were comparing notes on each other's progress towards solving that most taxing of all puzzles: the riddle of the human genome.
他们就解决人类所面临的最大难题,即人类基因组之谜的进展情况交换了意见。来自柯林斯例句
2. Both groups had announced last June that they completed human genome sequencing.