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Chromosome

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Biography

Name: Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz
Birth Date: October 6, 1836
Death Date: January 23, 1921
Place of Birth: Hehlen, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: anatomist

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Biography of Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz
565 words, approx. 2 pages
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz was a professor of anatomy and histology who coined the word "chromosome" in 1886. Waldeyer, noting the ability of thread-like structures in the nucleus to be stained by the dye fuchsin, named them "chromo"...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Chromosome, Prokaryotic Summary
1,431 words, approx. 5 pages
The bacterial or prokaryotic chromosome differs in many ways from that of the eukaryote. The term "eukaryote" comes from the Greek and means "true nucleus." Eukaryotic cells have a double membrane (the nuclear membrane)...
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Chromosomes Summary
1,414 words, approx. 5 pages
Chromosomes are microscopic units containing organized genetic information, located in the nuclei of diploid and haploid cells (e.g., human somatic and sex cells), and are also present in one-cell non-nucleated organisms (unicellular microorganisms)...
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Chromosomes, Eukaryotic Summary
1,412 words, approx. 5 pages
Chromosomes are microscopic units containing organized genetic information, eukaryotic chromosomes are located in the nuclei of diploid and haploid cells (e.g., human somatic and sex cells). Prokaryotic chromosomes are also present in one-cell...
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Chromosome Information
4,860 words, approx. 16 pages
Chromosomes are organized structures of DNA and proteins that are found in cells. Chromosomes contain a single continuous piece of DNA, which contains many genes, regulatory elements and other nucleotide sequences. Chromosomes also contain DNA-bound...
 


News and Journals
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The Scientist
The Chromosome Queen
04/01/2007: 1,935 words, approx. 7 pages
Nancy Kleckner, who grew up with molecular genetics, has answered some of the field's most important questions. Nancy Kleckner became smitten with genetic material as a high school student during the early 1960's, in the dawning of molecular genetic research. "DNA is intrinsically...
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Science News
Two human chromosomes entirely mapped. (Y chromosome, chromosome 21)
10/03/1992: 603 words, approx. 2 pages
In two of the earliest major advances in the mammoth international effort to identify and decipher all of the estimated 100,000 human genes, two groups of researchers have taken apart and put back together the smallest human chromosomes: the Y chromosome and chromosome...
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AP Features
Researchers identify a rare genetic glitch that greatly increases risk of autism
1/9/2008: 701 words, approx. 2 pages
A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and for treating it.Research into the causes of autism has focused on genetic causes because so many families have multiple children...
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AP News
Study: Rare gene change linked to autism
1/11/2008: 701 words, approx. 2 pages
A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and for treating it.Research into the causes of autism has focused on genetic causes because so many families have multiple children...
 


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