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What is the difference between complete genome and chromosome at NCBI? Why these two terms have been mentioned differently?

Can anybody tell me what is the difference between complete genome and chromosome at NCBI? Why these two terms have been mentioned differently?

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written by sharmatina189059 • sharmatina189059

maybe the genome is the chromosome assembly

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written by nora • nora

can you add the context where these terms are mentioned?

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written by lieven.sterck lieven.sterck

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Some of the organisms like viruses don't have chromosomes. Their nucleic acid is either single or double stranded DNA/RNA. If you sequence one strand of DNA or RNA, that becomes the complete genome for the virus. Some viruses might have more than one strand (like influenza virus), still they are not in the form of chromosome. So, you will find the sequences of all the fragments as one complete genome in Genebank.

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