Thursday, May 5, 2022

More Genomes

Your genome, 46 or more chromosomes and the guesstimated 30,000 genes on them, was once thought in charge of determining your development. This included your height, skin hue, eye color, IQ, and so on. Additional types of genomes have been described such as:

Epigenome: the set of chemical modifications that can occur to the DNA in the cell, which alter gene expression and are heritable.

Microbiome: a term used to describe the trillions of  microorganisms (such as fungi, bacteria and viruses) that exist in or on your body.

Microbiota: the variety of bacteria in the human body, helpful and harmful.

Virome: the viral component of the microbiome. Its trillions of viruses likely outnumber the microbiota.

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