Very long DNA molecules and associated proteins, HISTONES, and non-histone chromosomal proteins (CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE). Normally 46 chromosomes, including two sex chromosomes are found in the nucleus of human cells. They carry the hereditary information of the individual.
    

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Die Chromosomen des Menschen : die Geschichte ihrer Erforschung / von Jan-Diether Murken u. Hubertus Frhr. von Wilmowsky.

Chromosome variations in human evolution / edited by A.J. Boyce.

CyberGenetics : health genetics and new media / by Anna Harris, Susan Kelly, Sally Wyatt.

Map of life : science, society and the human genome project.

Molecular structure of human chromosomes / edited by Jorge J. Yunis.

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Die Chromosomen des Menschen : die Geschichte ihrer Erforschung / von Jan-Diether Murken u. Hubertus Frhr. von Wilmowsky.

Chromosome variations in human evolution / edited by A.J. Boyce.

CyberGenetics : health genetics and new media / by Anna Harris, Susan Kelly, Sally Wyatt.

Map of life : science, society and the human genome project.

Molecular structure of human chromosomes / edited by Jorge J. Yunis.