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genomewide en · ADJ
Etymology
From genome + -wide. Coined in the 1990s with the rise of genomics.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Throughout a genome.
[…] these figures are only valid as a genomewide average.
1995, Somlo & Germino, "Polycystic Kidney Disease" in Molecular Nephrology: Kidney Function in Health and Disease http://books.google.com/books?id=8UHKog3qMIAC, page 830
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GWAS · GWA
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pangenomic
genomewide en · ADV
Etymology
From genome + -wide. Coined in the 1990s with the rise of genomics.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Throughout a genome.
Studying, genome-wide, the increasing number of interacting epigenetic mechanisms in a spectrum of cell types will involve data generation on a massive scale.
2008 August 7, The American Association for Cancer Research Human Epigenome Task Force; European Union, Network of Excellence, Scientific Advisory Board, “Moving AHEAD with an international human epigenome project”, in Nature, volume 454, →DOI, page 712:
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