chromosome
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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
The protein does not operate exclusively at chromosome ends.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 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
But the father’s X chromosome is not passed on to sons, only to daughters.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 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
Telomeres help keep chromosomes from deteriorating or being incorrectly identified by cells as broken pieces of DNA.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 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
Many characteristics go into determining someone’s sex: chromosomes, reproductive organs, hormonal balances, secondary sex characteristics like breast tissue and body-hair distribution.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The condition “may involve chromosomes, hormones, reproductive organs or genitals.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The centrioles, which hoist the microtubules on which chromosomes are strung for mitosis, are similar separate creatures; when not busy with mitosis, they become the basal bodies to which cilia are attached.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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