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Dictionary of Environmental Health

chromosome

An individual structure within a cell comprised of a linear set of GENES. Chromosomes are arranged as a double helix structure. Not all life forms have the same numbers of chromosomes; humans have 23 pairs (22 pairs of AUTOSOMES and 1 pair of SEX CHROMOSOMES).

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Chromosome from Dictionary of Environmental Health. ISBN: 0-203-16591-8. Published: 2003–07–18. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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