In a prokaryotic cell or in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a structure consisting of or containing DNA which carries the genetic information essential to the cell. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)
    

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Balanced translocation 45,XY,t(13;14)

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Gene action / Philip E. Hartman, Sigmund R. Suskind.

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Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Klinefelter's syndrome : clinical, endocrinological and cytogenetical studies / by Anders Frøland.

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Gene action / Philip E. Hartman, Sigmund R. Suskind.

Turner's stndrome, centromere & cosmid probe

Mutation research.

Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Klinefelter's syndrome : clinical, endocrinological and cytogenetical studies / by Anders Frøland.