Difference between revisions of "Template:Chromosome"

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imported>Adrian J. Hunter
(avoid unneeded jargon in introductory image)
imported>Adrian J. Hunter
(10^9 base pairs is longer than any human chromosome... Drosophila chromosomes are a few tens of mega-base pairs, so change to 10^7)
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   {{Annotation|150|52|    [[Chromosome                                                      ]] }}
 
   {{Annotation|150|52|    [[Chromosome                                                      ]] }}
   {{Annotation|230|52|  ([[Base_pair#Length_measurements|10<sup>9</sup> - 10<sup>10</sup> bp]])}}
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   {{Annotation|230|52|  ([[Base_pair#Length_measurements|10<sup>7</sup> - 10<sup>10</sup> bp]])}}
  
 
   {{Annotation|25|117|    [[DNA                                                              ]] }}
 
   {{Annotation|25|117|    [[DNA                                                              ]] }}

Revision as of 10:17, 30 June 2015

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A gene is a segment of DNA that encodes function. A chromosome consists of a long strand of DNA containing many genes. A human chromosome can have up to 500 million base pairs of DNA with thousands of genes.


Template documentation

Usage

To transclude this interactive template, use: {{Chromosome}}

Alternatively, for the non-interactive image, use [[File:Chromosome DNA Gene.svg]]

Default alt text

"A chromosome unravelling into a long string of DNA, a section of which is highlighted as the gene"

Suggested caption

"A gene is a segment of DNA that encodes function. A chromosome consists of a long strand of DNA containing many genes. A human chromosome can be up to 500 Mega-base of DNA and contain thousands of genes."