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What are some facts on Chromosome 6?
It is the 6th largest human chromosome, containing between 5.5-6% of our genetic material. It is more than 170 million base pairs long and contains (probably) between 1,100 and 1,600 genes. It is has the Major Histocompatibility Complex (im... Read More »
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What are we to make of the fact that the Y chromosome is actually...
I've talked at great length to the first scientist to propose that the Y chromosome was shrinking, and she was shocked that people got so up in arms about it. It would take millions of years or maybe hundreds of thousands of years for it to... Read More »
Source: http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2008/06/13/score/index1.html
Why chromosome 22 in fact lager than chromosome 1?
hi, all i know is that chrom 1 has 280 million letters and 2,968 genes and is a key factor in the blood clotting cascade, whereas chrom 22 has 48 million letters and 288 genes and is a key factor in myoglobin (oxygen storage protein in musc... Read More »
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Sometimes when they lay a concrete foundation you can't really tell what kind of building they are going to build. This is just one of many stepping stones to building a genetic probability matrix on every human being. When you can do that ...
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