A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism. In most chromosomes, the very long thin DNA fibers are coated... 65 KB (6,602 words) - 10:25, 29 April 2024 |
A pair of homologous chromosomes, or homologs, are a set of one maternal and one paternal chromosome that pair up with each other inside a cell during... 24 KB (2,767 words) - 10:29, 5 April 2024 |
Karyotype (redirect from Chromosome banding) A karyotype is the general appearance of the complete set of chromosomes in the cells of a species or in an individual organism, mainly including their... 59 KB (6,991 words) - 06:36, 20 February 2024 |
A chromosomal abnormality, chromosomal anomaly, chromosomal aberration, chromosomal mutation, or chromosomal disorder is a missing, extra, or irregular... 18 KB (1,966 words) - 10:36, 29 April 2024 |
The X chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes in many organisms, including mammals, and is found in both males and females. It is a part of the XY... 42 KB (3,866 words) - 04:20, 10 March 2024 |
A ring chromosome is an aberrant chromosome whose ends have fused together to form a ring. Ring chromosomes were first discovered by Lilian Vaughan Morgan... 15 KB (792 words) - 18:19, 31 May 2023 |
Chromosome 21 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. Chromosome 21 is both the smallest human autosome and chromosome, with 45 million base... 33 KB (2,969 words) - 20:55, 20 April 2024 |
Sex chromosomes (also referred to as allosomes, heterotypical chromosome, gonosomes, heterochromosomes, or idiochromosomes) are chromosomes that carry... 30 KB (3,654 words) - 20:28, 25 December 2023 |
Centromere (redirect from Acrocentric chromosome) chromatids together during cell division. This constricted region of chromosome connects the sister chromatids, creating a short arm (p) and a long arm... 36 KB (3,757 words) - 12:25, 13 April 2024 |
Chromosome 1 is the designation for the largest human chromosome. Humans have two copies of chromosome 1, as they do with all of the autosomes, which are... 46 KB (3,284 words) - 04:21, 11 April 2024 |
XY sex-determination system (redirect from Chromosome 23) individual is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes. Females have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX), and are called the homogametic sex. Males... 29 KB (3,396 words) - 03:47, 15 April 2024 |
Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) are genetically engineered chromosomes derived from the DNA of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae [1], which is then... 18 KB (1,996 words) - 02:10, 28 March 2024 |
Chromosome 22 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in human cells. Humans normally have two copies of chromosome 22 in each cell. Chromosome 22 is the... 27 KB (2,206 words) - 03:37, 10 March 2024 |
The monocentric chromosome is a chromosome that has only one centromere in a chromosome and forms a narrow constriction. Monocentric centromeres are the... 4 KB (345 words) - 00:56, 7 October 2023 |
Chromosome 18 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 18 spans about 80 million... 19 KB (1,237 words) - 23:27, 28 March 2024 |
Chromosome jumping is a tool of molecular biology that is used in the physical mapping of genomes. It is related to several other tools used for the same... 9 KB (1,147 words) - 16:32, 14 November 2023 |
Locus (genetics) (redirect from Chromosome nomenclature) is a specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located. Each chromosome carries many genes, with each gene... 6 KB (561 words) - 15:47, 1 January 2024 |
chromosome 2. There are nine other major chromosomal differences between chimpanzees and humans: chromosome segment inversions on human chromosomes 1... 17 KB (1,988 words) - 16:34, 30 December 2023 |
missing copy of the genetic material located on the long arm (q) of chromosome 2. The severity of the condition and the signs and symptoms depend on the... 1 KB (142 words) - 06:39, 15 April 2024 |
Ploidy (redirect from Chromosome number) number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively, in each homologous chromosome pair, which chromosomes naturally exist as. Somatic cells... 53 KB (5,943 words) - 03:50, 28 April 2024 |
Chromosome 19 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 19 spans more than 61.7... 30 KB (2,547 words) - 01:46, 3 December 2023 |