Thursday 15 November 2012

genome=جينوم



genome=جينوم

WICTIONARY
genome
From German Genom; gene +‎ -ome

gene
From German Gen, coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”).


ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
genome (n.)
"sum total of genes in a set," 1930, modeled on Ger. genom, coined 1920 by German botanist Hans Winkler, from gen "gene" + (chromos)om "chromosome."



gene (n.)
1911, from Ger. Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Gk. genea "generation, race" (see genus). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1950.

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