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: [[Multicellular]] [[organism]]s have an entire [[genome]] in every [[diploid]] [[Cell (Biology)|cell]].
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: In a [[multicellular]] [[organism]] each [[diploid]] [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] contains an entire [[genome]].
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: The [[genome]] of a [[haploid]] [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] is half the [[DNA]] needed to produce a new [[organism]].

Revision as of 18:30, 18 November 2018

Key Stage 4

Meaning

The genome is all of the genetic material in a cell.

About the Genome

In a multicellular organism each diploid cell contains an entire genome.
The genome of a haploid cell is half the DNA needed to produce a new organism.