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For questions about data related to the haploid set of chromosomes in a gamete or microorganism, or in each cell of a multicellular organism. In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism.

A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes. Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. In humans, a copy of the entire genome—more than 3 billion DNA base pairs—is contained in all cells that have a nucleus.