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: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
Definition: GEORG Thieme Verlag KG (2007). Color Atlas of Genetics 3rd Ed., pp. 178-179. New York: Eberhard Passarge [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=j7lAYPZick4C&pg=PA176&dq=chromosome&hl=es&sa=X&ei=ppl_UfPlIbLe7AbE4YCoCg&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=chromosome&f=false [Accessed 28 April 2013] CLARK, D. (2005) Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update Edition. USA: Elsevier Academic press [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=9Hw-mstILcIC&pg=PA7&dq=chromosome&hl=es&sa=X&ei=G5p_UZiGJI3d7QappoCQAQ&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBDge#v=onepage&q=chromosome&f=false [Accessed 28 April 2013] US Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health (2010). Human Genome Project Information. Glossary. [Online] Available at: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/glossary/glossary_c.shtml [Accessed 28 April 2013]
Context: CLARK, DCLARK, D. (2005) Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update Edition. USA: Elsevier Academic press [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=9Hw-mstILcIC&pg=PA7&dq=chromosome&hl=es&sa=X&ei=G5p_UZiGJI3d7QappoCQAQ&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBDge#v=onepage&q=chromosome&f=false [Accessed 28 April 2013](2005) Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update Edition. USA: Elsevier Academic press [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=9Hw-mstILcIC&pg=PA7&dq=chromosome&hl=es&sa=X&ei=G5p_UZiGJI3d7QappoCQAQ&ved=0CEIQ6
Notes: HENRIQUE-GILES, N., PARKER, J. S. and PUERTAS, M. J. (1997) Chromosomes today. vol. 12 [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=3vSAbhFREmkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=chromosome&hl=es&sa=X&ei=e41_UaPSLcqJhQe2woDoBQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=chromosome&f=false [Accessed 28 April 2013]