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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Genome: All of the genetic information, the entire genetic complement, all of the DNA possessed by any organism. There is, for example, the human genome, the elephant genome, the mouse genome, the yeast genome, the genome of a bacteria, etc. Humans (and many other higher animals) actually have two genomes—a chromosomal genome and a mitochondrial genome—that together make up their genome.