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chromosome

[kroh-muh-sohm] / ˈkroʊ məˌsoʊm /


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Researchers found, however, that part of the X chromosome preserved an especially clear record of the underlying relationships between bat groups.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Some clades occupy highly isolated parts of the genome map because their chromosome architecture has few close parallels.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

The Year 8 student from Western Australia has Down Syndrome – a genetic condition caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 which leads to physical and intellectual disabilities.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Down's syndrome is when you're born with an extra chromosome - and people with the condition are likely to have some level of learning disability.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

These genes had to be positioned farther apart on the chromosome.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Chromosome-scale assemblies provide much more detail by arranging genes in their proper order across complete chromosomes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

It occurs when two chromosomes join, and their genes become intermixed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Since that time, chromosomes have repeatedly fused, separated, and been rearranged as new animal lineages emerged.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Ancestral chromosomes can combine, or they can separate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Within the nucleus, the chromosomes mysteriously move and divide, ranging themselves in age- old patterns that will serve to distribute the determiners of heredity, the genes, to the daughter cells.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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