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chromosome

[kroh-muh-sohm] / ˈkroʊ məˌsoʊm /


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The team found that differences in chromosome numbers among animal groups can arise in two main ways.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

As chromosome mixing accumulates over time, lineages continue to diverge.

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 first investigators to trace chromosome abnormalities all the way to actual malignancy were Albert Levan and John J. Biesele, working at the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

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

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

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Under this genetic system, females develop from fertilized eggs and possess two sets of chromosomes, while males develop from unfertilized eggs and have only one set.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Especially intriguing was his hunch that specific ions might be the trick for the exact copying of macromolecules or the attraction between similar chromosomes.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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