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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 78
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Andrea COCCARO CASTILLO, Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Marta VALDENEBRO ARENAS, Rosa María FERRERAS LOZANO
  • Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
  • Term: chromosome
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Molecules into which the genes are organized in the cells.
  • Context: Higher organisms generally avoid this predicament by being diploid and having duplicate copies of each chromosome and therefore of each gene.
  • Notes: The structure of chromosomes varies depending on the type of cell. In prokaryote cells, genes are organized in circular chromosomes (there is usually one single chromosome). In eukaryotic cells, there is more than one chromosome.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Remission: sin, localisation chromosomique. Source: http://acces.ens-lyon.fr/evolution/evolution/accompagnement-pedagogique/accompagnement-au-lycee/terminale-2012/diversification-genetique-des-etres-vivants/hybridation-suivie-de-polyploidisation/polyploidisation-du-ble/localisation-chromosomique .
  • Sources:
    • Term: MURKEN, Jan (Hrsg.) (2011). Humangenetik. 8. Aufl. Stuttgart: Thieme, 139.
    • Definition: BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 328.
    • Context: SCHAAF, Christian, ZSCHOCKE, Johannes (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. 2. Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 21.
  • Images:
    • chromosome(s)
      http://mpronovost.ep.profweb.qc.ca/BIONP1/bionp1_division.html
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