chromosome
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The team also found that when they experimentally improved chromosome separation in cells undergoing mitotic slippage, the cells became significantly more viable.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Genetic tests can show your risk of Alzheimer’s disease, while other tests measure your telomeres—that’s the tip of the chromosome, whose length indicates biological age.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
During his first appointment in Seattle, my parents learned that their seven-year-old’s illness was accompanied by the Philadelphia chromosome.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The results showed that segments of the Y chromosome matched across the participants.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
Boveri had identified the chromosome as the physical residence for genes, but the deeper architecture of genes and chromosomes still remained unclear.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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