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When you look into a microscope at a cell you will see a large circle near the center of the cell. This is the nucleus and holds the genetic material, or, chromosomes. Chromosomes are made of long strands of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and, therefore genes. Humans have 46 chromosomes, the focus of s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Yashon, Ronnee K. (Autor), Cummings, Michael R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2018.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Human genetics and society collection
Temas:
Chromosomes.
Chromosomes
Chromosome
triplody
DNA
Down syndrome
karyotype
meiosis
monosomy
morphology
mutation
nucleus
reduction division
SEM
stereo microscope
trisomy
ultrasound
XX
XY
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Chromosome morphology
  • 3. The importance of numbers
  • 4. Chromosomal aberrations
  • 5. How does a fetus end up with the wrong number of chromosomes?
  • 6. The best-known example
  • 7. Diagnosis and treatment
  • 8. Legal and ethical issues
  • 9. The perfect case?
  • 10. Human chromosome map
  • Appendix A
  • References
  • About the authors
  • Index.

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