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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 147
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Isaac MORENO RUIZ, María Eugenia HERRERAS
  • Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
  • Term: Y chromosome
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: One of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other is the X chromosome).
  • Context: The individuality of the male-specific part of the Y chromosome can be optimally explored by the Y-STR haplotype analysis using a set of highly variable short tandem repeat markers approved by the forensic and scientific community.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
    • Definition: US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/chromosome/Y
    • Context: Y chromosome Haplotype Reference Database (YHRD) http://www.yhrd.org/
  • Images:
    • Y chromosome
      http://universodoppler.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/el-futuro-del-cromosoma-y/
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