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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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"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 [[Base pair#Length measurements|500 Mega-base]] of DNA and contain thousands of genes."
 
"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 [[Base pair#Length measurements|500 Mega-base]] of DNA and contain thousands of genes."
  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}&hidelinks=1&hideredirs=1 List of pages that use this template]
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*[[:File:Chromosome DNA Gene.svg]] - Non-interactive image
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*[[:File:Chromosome DNA Gene unannotated.svg]] - Unannotated image
  
 
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Revision as of 09:59, 1 July 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."

See also