Editing Genome (section)

== Origin of the term ==
The term ''genome'' was created in 1920 by [[Hans Winkler]],<ref>{{cite book |vauthors = Winkler HL |title = Verbreitung und Ursache der Parthenogenesis im Pflanzen- und Tierreiche|url = https://archive.org/details/verbreitungundur00wink |date=1920|publisher=Verlag Fischer|location=Jena}}</ref> professor of [[botany]] at the [[University of Hamburg]], Germany. The website [[Oxford Dictionaries (website)|Oxford Dictionaries]] and the [[Online Etymology Dictionary]] suggest the name is a blend of the words ''[[gene]]'' and ''[[chromosome]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=definition of Genome in Oxford dictionary|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/genome|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301022342/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/genome|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2014|access-date=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite OED|genome}}</ref><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/genome |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824013743/https://www.lexico.com/definition/genome |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |title=genome |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite OEtymD|genome}}</ref> However, see [[omics]] for a more thorough discussion. A few related ''-ome'' words already existed, such as ''[[biome]]'' and ''[[rhizome]]'', forming a vocabulary into which ''genome'' fits systematically.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lederberg |first1=Joshua |last2=McCray |first2=Alexa T. |name-list-style=vanc |date=2001 |title='Ome Sweet 'Omics – A Genealogical Treasury of Words |url=https://dla-mezczyzn.eu/d/pub2001047.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=The Scientist |volume=15 |issue=7}}</ref>