<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In modern molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism . It consists of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The genome includes both the genes (the coding regions), the noncoding DNA and the genetic material of the mitochondria and chloroplasts . </P> <P> The term genome was created in 1920 by Hans Winkler, professor of botany at the University of Hamburg, Germany . The Oxford Dictionary suggests the name is a blend of the words gene and chromosome . However, see omics for a more thorough discussion . A few related - ome words already existed--such as biome, rhizome, forming a vocabulary into which genome fits systematically . </P>

What term describes all the dna of a species