How to Use exome in a Sentence

exome

noun
  • The exome is where most genetic research has occurred, and where most diseases have been found to date.
    — Dana Wechsler Linden, WSJ, 28 May 2018
  • The exome accounts for roughly 3 percent of the whole human genome.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Whole-genome sequencing tends to cost much more than whole-exome, but prices of both are declining rapidly.
    — Dana Wechsler Linden, WSJ, 28 May 2018
  • This is all the more reason for high coverage genome sequencing (or at least exome sequencing).
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2012
  • So the latest study used a new technique known as whole-exome sequencing to only target genes that encode proteins.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Whole genome and exome sequencing were eventually performed on Cyrus, and the results came back a perplexing mix of errors.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Some 60 percent of Drosophila protein-encoding genes (known as the exome) have a parallel in humans.
    — Michele Cohen Marill, Wired, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Last year, his team showed that exome sequencing could offer a probable diagnosis in 35% of the study participants whose genetic cause had been unknown.
    — Claire Ainsworth, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2018
  • But sequencing the exome would miss any changes in DNA that controls the activity of nearby genes, so there's a lot of potential information that this study design would have missed.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2019
  • There are many genetic test types, including single gene testing, panel tests, whole exome/genome sequencing, chromosomal tests, gene expression, and biochemical tests.
    — Rajeev Ronanki, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Today 36 states have Medicaid coverage for exome and genome testing, and 17 states cover rapid genome sequencing, GeneDx said.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
  • First, scientists analyze the patient’s tumor, comparing its exome with the whole exome sequencing of the patient’s blood to identify the tumor’s protein-coding alterations.
    — Michele Cohen Marill, Wired, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Helix customers pay a one-time $80 fee to have their exome sequenced and stored in the company’s server, and can later take multiple tests that access their DNA information from the same database.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Both BioNTech and Moderna identify potential vaccine targets by sequencing a cancer cell’s exome, the roughly 1% of the genome known to code for protein.
    — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Whole-exome sequencing identifies recessive WDR62 mutations in severe brain malformations.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2011
  • In June, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidance to recommend that pediatricians order exome or genome sequencing as the first-line test for patients with global developmental delays or intellectual disabilities.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026

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