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:''for information on the chromosome in biology, see [[Chromosome]]''

In [[genetic algorithm]]s, a '''chromosome''' (also sometimes called a '''genome''') is a set of parameters which define a proposed solution to the problem that the genetic algorithm is trying to solve. The chromosome is often represented as a simple [[string#Mathematics and Computer Science|string]], although a wide variety of other [[data structure]]s are also in use as chromosomes.