NEED HELP! HUMAN BIOLOGY GENOME QUETION!!!?

J

Jessica

New member
I have been surfing the web for AGES and can't find and answer!!!!! Please help!

Does anyone know what a kilobase and a megabase is in terms of genomes

and why new measurments were created to describe the genome

and what these new measurments are?

Thank you so much!!
 
gnome1  /noʊm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nohm]

–noun 1. (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
2. an expert in monetary or financial affairs; international banker or financier: the gnomes of Zurich.


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Origin:
1705–15; < F < NL gnomus, perh. < Gk gnmē; see gnome 2

Related forms:

gnomish, adjective


Synonyms:
1. See goblin, sylph.



cheers for the two points (Y)
 
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