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    Chromosomal crossover, or crossing over, is the exchange of genetic material during sexual reproduction between two homologous chromosomes' non-sister...
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  • Homology (redirect from Homologue)
    Look up homology, homological, homologous, or homologue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Homology may refer to: Homology (biology), any characteristic...
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    also occur for homologous chromosomes which creates an isochromosome with homologous arms. This exchange between homologues is most likely due to homologous...
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    A circular chromosome is a chromosome in bacteria, archaea, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, in the form of a molecule of circular DNA, unlike the linear...
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    which invade the homologous chromosomes, forming inter-axis bridges, and resulting in the pairing/co-alignment of homologues (to a distance of ~400 nm in...
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    X chromosomes. Although it is an XY system, the platypus' sex chromosomes share no homologues with eutherian sex chromosomes. Instead, homologues with...
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  • Chromosome segregation is the process in eukaryotes by which two sister chromatids formed as a consequence of DNA replication, or paired homologous chromosomes...
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    of two chromosomes that occurs during meiosis. It allows matching-up of homologous pairs prior to their segregation, and possible chromosomal crossover...
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    non-sister homologous chromosomes pair with each other so that recombination characteristically occurs between non-sister homologues. In both meiotic and...
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    Rbfox3, or Hexaribonucleotide Binding Protein-3), a protein which is a homologue to the protein product of a sex-determining gene in Caenorhabditis elegans...
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    advantage under any stress condition. It has been proposed that chromosomal homologues of plasmid toxin-antitoxin systems may serve as anti-addiction modules...
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    P protein (category Genes on human chromosome 15)
    encodes the human homologue of the mouse p (pink-eyed dilution) gene. The human OCA2 gene is located on the long arm (q) of chromosome 15, specifically...
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    tension forces, aligning chromosomes at the cell equator and poising them for segregation to daughter cells. Once every chromosome is bi-oriented, anaphase...
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  • genes (i.e., those on the sex chromosomes). The homogametic sex (females in humans) receive two of each sex chromosome and therefore need to be homozygous...
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  • Holocentric chromosomes are chromosomes that possess multiple kinetochores along their length rather than the single centromere typical of other chromosomes. They...
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    Weller PA, Critcher R, Goodfellow PN, et al. (1995). "The human Y chromosome homologue of XG: transcription of a naturally truncated gene". Hum. Mol. Genet...
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    pairing by providing each homoeologous chromosome with its own homologue. If divergence between homoeologous chromosomes is even across the two subgenomes...
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  • cells have complete Y chromosome deficiency. While many genes on the Y chromosome have backups (homologues) on other chromosomes, a few genes such as RBMY...
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    DYRK1A (category Genes on human chromosome 21)
    on chromosome 21". Genome Res. 7 (1): 47–58. doi:10.1101/gr.7.1.47. PMID 9037601. Chen H, Antonarakis SE (1997). "Localisation of a human homologue of...
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    characterization of a cellular apoptosis susceptibility gene, the human homologue to the yeast chromosome segregation gene CSE1". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (22):...
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  • the child receives two (identical) replica copies of a single homologue of a chromosome, this is called an isodisomic UPD. Isodisomy (homozygous) indicates...
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    in chromosome 9 and the BCR gene in chromosome 22. As a result of this translocation, the chromosome looks smaller than its homologue chromosome, and...
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  • In Staphylococcus species, mecA is spread through the staphylococcal chromosome cassette SCCmec genetic element. Resistant strains cause many hospital-acquired...
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    S2CID 7779574. Vispé S, Defais M (October 1997). "Mammalian Rad51 protein: a RecA homologue with pleiotropic functions". Biochimie. 79 (9–10): 587–92. doi:10...
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    humans. These differences are caused by the effects of the different sex chromosome complement in males and females, and differential exposure to gonadal...
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  • of other chromosomes with more than 95% sequence identity. Lowering the stringency conditions, homologues can be ascertained with chromosomes 1, 2, 3,...
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    is of steroidal structure. Insect molting hormones (ecdysone and its homologues) are generally called ecdysteroids. Ecdysteroids act as moulting hormones...
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    Wee1 (category Genes on human chromosome 11)
    S. cerevisiae homologue Swe1 In S. cerevisiae, cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28 (Cdk1 homologue) is phosphorylated by Swe1 (Wee1 homologue) and dephosphorylated...
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    transmembrane beta-barrel proteins into the lipid bilayer. However, a homologue of the ERMES complex has not yet been identified in mammalian cells. Other...
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    protoplast. It was found that disrupting (knockout or RNAi silencing) ku70 homologue can increase gene targeting via increased homologous recombination. Either...
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