Genetic terminology & definitions
Most definitions and abbreviations are included into the [http://www.mblogic.net/glossary Glossary of molecular biology terms and abbreviations] (my hobby since 2003).
On this page only some interesting facts about genetic terms and concepts are collected.
Genome
First usage (in German): H. Winkler Verbreitung u. Ursache d. Parthenogenesis (1920) iv. 165
First usage in English: 1930 Cytologia I. 14 Chromosomes from different sets (or genoms) of Triticum vulgare show affinity toward each other.
Literature
[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11976434&query_hl=20&itool=pubmed_docsum Genomics. A crisis in postgenomic nomenclature] - Science 2002, Fields S, Johnston M. To avoid proliferation of 'ome terms, each 'ome should have at least 7 or 8 members.