has part material entity genome Book: Eugene Nester, Denise Anderson, C. Evans Roberts, Jr., Microbiology (Companion Site): A Human Perspective, 7th Edition. Mcgraw Hill, October 18, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0073375311 A genome is a material entity that represents the entirety of an organism's hereditary information. The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA and RNA. Oliver He WEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome gene