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Article: Chromosome 7 studied for structure and function of the human genome.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 22, 2004
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2004 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chromosome 7 has been studied for structure and function of the human genome.
"Human chromosome 7 is arguably amongst the most comprehensively characterized segments of the human genome," researchers in Canada write. "By microscopic examination, it belongs to the medium-sized group C submetacentric class, and historical studies involving chromosome-length measurements estimated that it accounts for approximately 5.3% of the human genome (or 160 Mb).
"Early successes in molecular genetics led to the identification of some of its biomedically important genes, including the T-cell receptor and homeobox families as ...