About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Chromosome, Centromere, Autosome, Telomere, Karyotype, Neuroacanthocytosis, Personalized medicine, Y chromosome, Roberts syndrome, Circular bacterial chromosome, Chromosome conformation capture, Chromosomal translocation, Chromosome 15, Chromosome 22, Microchromosome, X chromosome, Chromosome 21, Chromosome 5, Chromosome 7, CIT Program Tumor Identity Cards, Chromosome 13, Chromosome 4, Lampbrush chromosome, Chromosome 8, Chromosome 10, Chromosome 19, Structural variation, Chromosome 3, Chromosome 11, Chromosome 14, Chromosome abnormality, Inchrosil, Chromosome 6, Chromosome 17, Azoospermia factor, Chromosome 9, Chromosome 12, Chromosome 20, Microcell-Mediated Chromosome Transfer, Human -globin locus, Chromosome 18, Chromosomal inversion, Ring chromosome, Chromosome engineering, Chromosome 16, Chromatid, Chromosome regions, Chromomere, Subtelomere, G banding, Marker chromosome, Homogeneously staining region, Premature chromosome condensation, Derivative chromosome, Isochromosome, Replichore, Small supernumerary marker chromosome, Heterogametic sex, Dicentric chromosome, Satellite chromosome, Bivalent, Radiation hybrid mapping, Chromosome segregation, Macrodomain, Telomere-binding protein, Allosome, Polycentric chromosome, Syntelic. Excerpt: 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 nucleotide sequences. Chromosomes also contain DNA-bound proteins, which serve to package the DNA and control its functions. Chromosomes vary widely between different organisms. The DNA molecule may be circular or linear, and can be composed of 100,000 to 10,000,000,000 nucleotides in a long chain. Typically, eukaryotic cells (cells with nuclei) have large linear chromosomes and prokaryotic cells (cells without defined n...
