[Genome: Origins and evolution of the term].
The appearance of a new scientific term is a significant event in the human cognitive process and the result of the realization of the separateness of an object or a phenomenon. Our article concentrates on the origins of basic genetic terms, such as genetics, gene, genotype, genome, gene pool, and genomics. We propose using the term karyogenomics for the special direction of genomics related to the study of the organization and evolution of eukaryotic genomes by means of modern chromosome analysis, as well as by full genome sequencing.
Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
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Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 197376 Russia.|St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia.|avrodionov@binran.ru.
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Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
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Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
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Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia.|omur@eimb.ru.
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chromosomes; gene; gene pool; genome; genomics; genotype; history of terms; karyogenomics; karyotype; polyploidy