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Chromosome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and protein found in cells. It is a single piece of coiled DNA containing many genes, regulatory elements and other ...

chromosome: Definition from Answers.com
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( krō ' mə-sōm ' ) n. A threadlike linear strand of DNA and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells ...

Chromosome | Define Chromosome at Dictionary.com
noun Genetics . any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 ...

chromosome - definition of chromosome in the Medical dictionary ...
chromosome /chro·mo·some/ (kro´mah-sōm) in animal cells, a structure in the nucleus containing a linear thread of DNA which transmits genetic information and is ...

What is a chromosome? - Genetics Home Reference
In the nucleus of each cell, the DNA molecule is packaged into thread-like structures called chromosomes. Each chromosome is made up of DNA tightly coiled ...

Chromosomes
The molecule of DNA in a single human chromosome ranges in size from 50 x 10 6 nucleotide pairs in the smallest chromosome (stretched full-length this molecule would extend ...

Chromosome - Psychology Wiki
A scheme of a condensed (metaphase) chromosome. (1) Chromatid - one of the two identical parts of th

Chromosome - New World Encyclopedia
Figure 1: Chromosome. (1) Chromatid. One of the two identical parts of the chromosome after S phase. (2) Centromere. The point where the two chromatids touch, and ...

Chromosome definition of Chromosome in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
chromosome (krō`məsōm'), structural carrier of hereditary characteristics, found in the nucleus of every cell and so named for its readiness to absorb dyes.

Chromosome: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Chromosomes are long pieces of DNA found in the center (nucleus) of cells. DNA is the material that holds genes. It is considered the building block of the ...

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Male Y chromosome extinction theory challenged
BBC News
By Neil Bowdler Science and health reporter, BBC News Previous research has suggested the Y sex chromosome, which only men carry, is decaying genetically so fast that it will be extinct in five million years' time. A gene within the chromosome is the ...
Genetic Maker of Men Is Diminished but Holding Its Ground, Researchers SayNew York Times
Men's Y chromosome is not about to go extinctNew Scientist
The human Y chromosome is here to stayNature.com
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Noninvasive method accurately and efficiently detects risk of Down syndrome
Medical Xpress
A technique known as massively parallel shotgun sequencing (MPSS) that analyzes cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from the mother's plasma for fetal conditions has been used to detect trisomy 21 (T21) pregnancies, those with an extra copy of chromosome 21 that ...
Mom's blood holds clues to fetal geneticsAmerican Council on Science and Health

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X-Chromosome Gene Variant Linked to SIDS in Boys
Doctors Lounge
A gene variant on the X-chromosome is associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) only in boys, particularly those who die at the ages of highest SIDS prevalence, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in Pediatrics. MONDAY, Feb.

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Field Museum exhibit puts Genghis Khan's modern-day progeny in the millions
Chicago Sun-Times
But with more than 16 million men throughout Asia currently carrying a Y-chromosome believed to descend from him, he apparently also had quite the reputation with the ladies. A new Field Museum exhibit opening Friday touches on Genghis Khan's prolific ...
Genghis Khan exhibit opens Friday at Field MuseumABC7Chicago.com

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Down Syndrome Ups Leukemia Risks
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A research team, led by John Crispino, Ph.D. at Northwestern University, Chicago, has pinpointed that a protein that's overly abundant on the chromosome responsible for Down syndrome may be the culprit. A genetic condition, individuals with Down ...
Unraveling why children with Down syndrome have increased leukemia riskEurekAlert (press release)

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Spatial proximity plays important role in chromosome translocation
Science Codex
It is well understood that chromosomal translocation – a process whereby pieces of two chromosomes break off and exchange places – is a hallmark of many cancers including leukemia, thyroid cancer and lymphoma and play an important part in how healthy ...
To Understand Chromosome Reshuffling, Look to the Genome's 3-D StructureScience Daily (press release)
To Understand Chromosome Reshuffling, Look to the Genome's 3D StructureMarketWatch (press release)

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Noninvasive method accurately and efficiently detects risk of Down syndrome ...
Science Daily (press release)
21, 2012) — Using a noninvasive test on maternal blood that deploys a novel biochemical assay and a new algorithm for analysis, scientists can detect, with a high degree of accuracy, the risk that a fetus has the chromosomal abnormalities that cause ...

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NUI Galway announces breakthrough in fight against Huntington's disease
Galway Advertiser
A team at the university's Centre for Chromosome Biology has discovered experimental drugs which could be developed as a way to slow the progress of the condition. Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes uncontrolled movements, ...
Major research finding on Huntington'sIrish Health
NUIG researchers discover enzyme linked with Huntington's disease mutationthejournal.ie
Galway scientists in genetic disease discoveryIrish Times

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The death of men has been greatly exaggeratted
Adelaide Now
The Y chromosome - the genetic package that makes men into men - has been shrinking for three hundred million years. Female mammals have two X chromosomes while males have an X and Y. The Y is much smaller than the X, full of junk DNA, and has decayed ...

OpGen Demonstrates Whole Human Chromosome Mapping Capabilities at 2012 AGBT ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The findings also demonstrate the ability to effectively construct complete high density physical maps of human chromosome arms and have detected structural variations between human individuals. The data will be presented in a poster session by Richard ...

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