Chromosome
noun
A part of a cell in living things that contains information about how the living thing looks and grows.
Human beings usually have 23 pairs of chromosomes in each cell.
Often appears as...
- pair of chromosomes
- chromosome mutation
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Academic
noun
A thread-like structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
A gene mutation is a change in one or more genes on a chromosome.
Often appears as...
- chromosome mutation
- chromosome number
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Scientific
noun
A part of a cell in living things that contains information about how the living thing looks and grows.
Human beings usually have 23 pairs of chromosomes in each cell.
Often appears as...
- pair of chromosomes
- chromosome mutation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A thread-like structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
A gene mutation is a change in one or more genes on a chromosome.
Often appears as...
- chromosome mutation
- chromosome number
Usage tips
Scientific
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Pro Tip 1/3Visualization Helps
Imagine chromosomes as instruction manuals for life, detailing physical and growth traits.
Think of each chromosome like a recipe book for making a person.
Pro Tip 2/3Pairing Concept
Remember that chromosomes usually come in pairs, one from each parent.
Each pair of chromosomes combines traits from both your mom and your dad.
Pro Tip 3/3Chromosome Count
Don't confuse numbers! Humans have 23 pairs, not 23 single chromosomes.
You inherit 23 chromosomes from your mother and 23 from your father, making the 23 pairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Visualization Helps
Imagine chromosomes as instruction manuals for life, detailing physical and growth traits.
Think of each chromosome like a recipe book for making a person.
Pro Tip 2/3Pairing Concept
Remember that chromosomes usually come in pairs, one from each parent.
Each pair of chromosomes combines traits from both your mom and your dad.
Pro Tip 3/3Chromosome Count
Don't confuse numbers! Humans have 23 pairs, not 23 single chromosomes.
You inherit 23 chromosomes from your mother and 23 from your father, making the 23 pairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Visualization Helps
Imagine chromosomes as instruction manuals for life, detailing physical and growth traits.
Think of each chromosome like a recipe book for making a person.
Pro Tip 2/3Pairing Concept
Remember that chromosomes usually come in pairs, one from each parent.
Each pair of chromosomes combines traits from both your mom and your dad.
Pro Tip 3/3Chromosome Count
Don't confuse numbers! Humans have 23 pairs, not 23 single chromosomes.
You inherit 23 chromosomes from your mother and 23 from your father, making the 23 pairs.
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How stress affects your...
make you more susceptible to infections, and slow the rate you heal. Want to live a long life? You may have to curb your chronic stress. That's because it has even been associated with shortened telomeres, the shoelace tip ends of chromosomes that measure a cell's age. Telomeres cap chromosomes
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Drew Berry: Animations...
are the dynamic scaffolding of the cell. They're called microtubules, that name's not important. But we're going to focus on the region labeled red here -- and it's the interface between the dynamic scaffolding and the chromosomes. It is obviously central to the movement of the chromosomes.
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Probing Platypus...
lot of genetic analysis in addition to that we're collecting a little bit of toe skin to go to a laboratory and Adelaide where researchers are making cell cultures for further genetic work they're interested in chromosome studies that interested in Studies on the rather
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What's invisible? More...
Potatoes have 48 chromosomes, two more than people, and the same as a gorilla. You can't see these things, but they are very strange. The stars by day, I always think that's fascinating. The universe disappears. The more light there is, the less you can see.
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Craig Venter: On the...
Can chemistry permit making these really large molecules where we've never been before? And if we do, can we boot up a chromosome? A chromosome, by the way, is just a piece of inert chemical material. So, our pace of digitizing life has been increasing
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Intuitively visualizing...
struggling to make sense of his computational results using off-the-shelf visualization tools like this one now in this plot we're looking at one human chromosome against one chromosome from that of the lizard and each one of those dots inside of the
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Why do our bodies age? -...
The DNA in our cells is packaged within chromosomes, each of which has two protective regions at the extremities called telomeres. Those shorten every time cells replicate. When telomeres become too short, cells stop replicating and die,
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Craig Venter unveils...
to actually transplant a bacterial chromosome from one bacteria to another. I think philosophically, that was one of the most important papers that we've ever done because it showed how dynamic life was. And we knew, once that worked,
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Secrets of the X...
and that's the secret behind the one color blind twin. This pair, called the X and Y chromosomes, influences your biological sex. Most women have two X chromosomes while most men have one X and one Y.
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The Book of Life: DNA PIPE...
in these volumes is all the information needed to define the genetic structure of the human species each number refers to one of our 23 chromosomes
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How stress affects your...
make you more susceptible to infections, and slow the rate you heal. Want to live a long life? You may have to curb your chronic stress. That's because it has even been associated with shortened telomeres, the shoelace tip ends of chromosomes that measure a cell's age. Telomeres cap chromosomes
Video examples
Drew Berry: Animations...
are the dynamic scaffolding of the cell. They're called microtubules, that name's not important. But we're going to focus on the region labeled red here -- and it's the interface between the dynamic scaffolding and the chromosomes. It is obviously central to the movement of the chromosomes.
Video examples
Probing Platypus...
lot of genetic analysis in addition to that we're collecting a little bit of toe skin to go to a laboratory and Adelaide where researchers are making cell cultures for further genetic work they're interested in chromosome studies that interested in Studies on the rather
Video examples
What's invisible? More...
Potatoes have 48 chromosomes, two more than people, and the same as a gorilla. You can't see these things, but they are very strange. The stars by day, I always think that's fascinating. The universe disappears. The more light there is, the less you can see.
Video examples
Craig Venter: On the...
Can chemistry permit making these really large molecules where we've never been before? And if we do, can we boot up a chromosome? A chromosome, by the way, is just a piece of inert chemical material. So, our pace of digitizing life has been increasing
Video examples
Intuitively visualizing...
struggling to make sense of his computational results using off-the-shelf visualization tools like this one now in this plot we're looking at one human chromosome against one chromosome from that of the lizard and each one of those dots inside of the
Video examples
Why do our bodies age? -...
The DNA in our cells is packaged within chromosomes, each of which has two protective regions at the extremities called telomeres. Those shorten every time cells replicate. When telomeres become too short, cells stop replicating and die,
Video examples
Craig Venter unveils...
to actually transplant a bacterial chromosome from one bacteria to another. I think philosophically, that was one of the most important papers that we've ever done because it showed how dynamic life was. And we knew, once that worked,
Video examples
Secrets of the X...
and that's the secret behind the one color blind twin. This pair, called the X and Y chromosomes, influences your biological sex. Most women have two X chromosomes while most men have one X and one Y.
Video examples
The Book of Life: DNA PIPE...
in these volumes is all the information needed to define the genetic structure of the human species each number refers to one of our 23 chromosomes
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Thomas Hunt Morgan
American Scientist
The egg of every species of animal or plant carries a definite number of bodies called chromosomes. The sperm carries the same number. Consequently, when the sperm unites with the egg, the fertilized egg will contain the double number of chromosomes.
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Jack W. Szostak
Canadian Scientist
What do cells do when they see a broken piece of DNA? Cells don't like such breaks. They'll do pretty much anything they can to fix things up. If a chromosome is broken, the cells will repair the break using an intact chromosome.
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María Blasco Marhuenda
Spanish Scientist
We see that mice that undergo caloric restriction show a lower telomere shortening rate than those fed with a normal diet. These mice therefore have longer telomeres as adults, as well as lower rates of chromosome anomalies.
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Kenneth R. Miller
American Scientist
Although each egg cell produced by a woman carries a single X chromosome, the sperm cells produced by a man carry either an X or a Y. This means, in very simple terms, that the sperm cell determines a baby's sex.
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Dean Ornish
American Educator
Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age and die more quickly. In simple terms, as your telomeres get shorter, your life gets shorter.
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Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
German Scientist
In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is simply the Y chromosome, which has nothing to do with intelligence.
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Elizabeth Blackburn
Australian Scientist
If we think of our chromosomes - they carry our genetic material - as being like shoelaces, I work on the plastic tips at the end that protect them.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
Men and women study things differently, and it's not because of our chromosomes. It's a product of our cultural conditioning.
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Bella Abzug
American Lawyer
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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Agnes Varda
French Director
I think I was a feminist before being born. I had a feminist chromosome somewhere.
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Thomas Hunt Morgan
American Scientist
The egg of every species of animal or plant carries a definite number of bodies called chromosomes. The sperm carries the same number. Consequently, when the sperm unites with the egg, the fertilized egg will contain the double number of chromosomes.
Quote examples
Jack W. Szostak
Canadian Scientist
What do cells do when they see a broken piece of DNA? Cells don't like such breaks. They'll do pretty much anything they can to fix things up. If a chromosome is broken, the cells will repair the break using an intact chromosome.
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María Blasco Marhuenda
Spanish Scientist
We see that mice that undergo caloric restriction show a lower telomere shortening rate than those fed with a normal diet. These mice therefore have longer telomeres as adults, as well as lower rates of chromosome anomalies.
Quote examples
Kenneth R. Miller
American Scientist
Although each egg cell produced by a woman carries a single X chromosome, the sperm cells produced by a man carry either an X or a Y. This means, in very simple terms, that the sperm cell determines a baby's sex.
Quote examples
Dean Ornish
American Educator
Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age and die more quickly. In simple terms, as your telomeres get shorter, your life gets shorter.
Quote examples
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
German Scientist
In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is simply the Y chromosome, which has nothing to do with intelligence.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Blackburn
Australian Scientist
If we think of our chromosomes - they carry our genetic material - as being like shoelaces, I work on the plastic tips at the end that protect them.
Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
Men and women study things differently, and it's not because of our chromosomes. It's a product of our cultural conditioning.
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Bella Abzug
American Lawyer
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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Agnes Varda
French Director
I think I was a feminist before being born. I had a feminist chromosome somewhere.
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