Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Trending News

Promoted
absolutely_elsewhere
absolutely_elsewhere asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

What is a genome (preferably in layman's terms)?

4 Answers

Relevance
  • bella.p
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The genome is all the hereditary information of an organism. It is encoded either in DNA or, for many types of virus, in RNA. It includes the genes and non coding sequences of DNA.

  • jtettenb
    1 decade ago

    It is the total component of an organisms genetic makeup. All of your DNA.

    Source(s): ME
  • ?
    1 decade ago

    The simplest definition of a genome is two simple words...sex cell. :)

  • DisRuptive1
    1 decade ago

    Your combined genetic information in all your chromosomes.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.