WGS

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009359",
  "term": "WGS",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "A laboratory method that is used to learn the exact order of all of the building blocks (nucleotides) that make up a person’s genome (complete set of DNA). WGS is used to find changes that may cause diseases, such as cancer. Also called whole genome sequencing.",
    "A laboratory process that is used to determine nearly all of the approximately 3 billion nucleotides of an individual’s complete DNA sequence, including non-coding sequence. Also called whole genome sequencing."
  ],
  "expansions": [
    "whole genome sequencing"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/wgs/"
}