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Chromosome 6 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 6 spans nearly 171 million base pairs (the building material of DNA ) and represents between 5.5 and 6% of the total DNA in cells .
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters is a 1999 popular science book by the science writer Matt Ridley, published by Fourth Estate.The chapters are numbered for the pairs of human chromosomes, one pair being the X and Y sex chromosomes, so the numbering goes up to 22 with Chapter X and Y couched between Chapters 7 and 8.
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey is a 2002 book by Spencer Wells, an American geneticist and anthropologist, in which he uses techniques and theories of genetics and evolutionary biology to trace the geographical dispersal of early human migrations out of Africa. The book was made into a TV documentary in 2003.
Who We Are and How We Got Here is a 2018 book on the contribution of genome-wide ancient DNA research to human population genetics by the geneticist David Reich.He describes discoveries made by his group and others, based on analysis and comparison of ancient and modern DNA from human populations around the world.
Print (Hardback, Paperback), E-book, audiobook The Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series is an ongoing series of New York Times Bestselling medical thrillers by Robin Cook that follows pathologist Jack Stapleton and his co-worker (and later wife) Laurie Montgomery as they attempt to solve the various mysteries that come across their path.
The chromosome theory of inheritance is credited to papers by Walter Sutton in 1902 [5] and 1903, [6] as well as to independent work by Theodor Boveri during roughly the same period. [7] Boveri was studying sea urchins , in which he found that all the chromosomes had to be present for proper embryonic development to take place. [ 8 ]
The β 2 microglobulin protein is encoded by the B2M gene, [4] which is located at chromosome 15q21.1 in humans. [5] MHC Class I molecules such as HLA-A participate in a process that presents short polypeptides to the immune system. These polypeptides are typically 7–11 amino acids in length and originate from proteins being expressed by the ...
The Calcutta Chromosome is a 1996 [1] English-language novel by Indian author Amitav Ghosh.The book, set in Calcutta and New York City at some unspecified time in the future, is a medical thriller that dramatizes the adventures of people who are brought together by a mysterious turn of events.