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chromosome

[kroh-muh-sohm] / ˈkroʊ məˌsoʊm /


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

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

It may also help scientists investigate whether changes in chromosome structure are connected to differences in gene regulation, development, or biodiversity.

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

The thread began on a day two hundred and fifty years ago, when the biology gods, for their own amusement, monkeyed with a gene on a baby’s fifth chromosome.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

They can reveal which genes an animal possesses without showing exactly where those genes are positioned along its chromosomes.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Ancestral chromosomes can combine, or they can separate.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Researchers have often assumed that differences between male and female immune systems are largely driven by the X and Y sex chromosomes.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

In addition, certain genetic backgrounds showed a striking tendency toward whole-genome duplication, an event in which the complete set of chromosomes is copied.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

The second group consists of chemicals that act on the chromosomes, probably affecting the gene chemicals and causing the chromosomes to break up.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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