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a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
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| chromosome mapping |
mapping: (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
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| chromosome |
A chromosome (in Greek chroma = colour and soma = body) is, minimally, a very long, continuous piece of DNA, which contains many genes, regulatory elements and other intervening nucleotide sequences. In the chromosomes of eukaryotes, the uncondensed DNA exists in a quasi-ordered structure inside the nucleus, where it wraps around histones (structural proteins, Fig. 1), and where this composite material is called chromatin. ...
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| chromosome mapping |
Any method used for determining the location of and relative distances between genes on a chromosome.
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| chromosome band |
any of the alternating dark and light or fluorescent transverse bands produced on chromosomes by differential staining; named according to the procedure used, ie, C band, G band, Q band, and R band. See chromosome banding, under banding.
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