Alphabetical
chromosome
[noun]
The organized genetic structure of DNA with associated proteins that contains the hereditary information necessary for reproduction, protein manufacture, and other functions.
Appears in modules:
- Cell Division I The cell cycle
- Cell Division II Mitosis
- Cellular Organelles I Endosymbiosis and membrane-bound organelles
- Creativity in Science How scientists decide what to study
- Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
- DNA I The genetic material
- From Stable Chromosomes to Jumping Genes The work of Barbara McClintock
- Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
- Gene Expression Enzymes and hereditary conditions
- Inheritance Mendel's experiments and laws
- Origins of Life II Primeval environments and the origins of RNA
- Tracking Human Ancestry The Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
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