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Genome
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The total genetic material in the chromosomes or other gene-containing structures of a particular organism, containing the genetic blueprint of the entire organism. Its size is generally given as its total number of base pairs (or equivalent units for non-Terragen life forms).

Among many gengineers, and some cultures like the Genen, the genome itself is an object of veneration, appreciation as a natural or artistic phenomenon, or even regarded as sacred.
 
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Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 31 October 2001.

 
 
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