2005 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2005. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.
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What is the Human Genome?
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Kris Wetterstrand, M.S.: Genome is a word used to refer to the entire collection of genetic information that each cell in an organism carries. So, the human genome is the genetic information that we carry in each of our cells. It includes our genes (units that make proteins) and lots of additional information. |
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