Etymology

subgenome

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Today it means: A subset of a genome, especially one that has a specific function Full definition →

English genome ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishgenome
  5. English todaysubgenome

From sub- + genome.

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