page_title: Genome
hierarchical_section_title: Genome
caption_attribution_description: English: Human chromosomes, coloured by UCSC browser default colours.
context_page_description: In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism. It consists of DNA. The genome includes both the genes and the noncoding DNA, as well as mitochondrial DNA and chloroplast DNA. The study of the genome is called genomics.
context_section_description: In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism. It consists of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The genome includes both the genes (the coding regions) and the noncoding DNA, as well as mitochondrial DNA and chloroplast DNA. The study of the genome is called genomics.
caption: An image of the 46 chromosomes making up the diploid genome of a human male. (The mitochondrial chromosome is not shown.)
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