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Short arm of a chromosome
The short arm of a human chromosome is symbolized by convention as 'p'. The 'p' comes from the French 'petit' meaning small. All human chromosomes have 2 arms, the p (short) arm and the q (long) arm. They are separated from each other only…
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- Megabase Unit of length for DNA fragments that is equal to 1 million nucleotides. A megabase (Mb) is roughly equal to…
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- Acoustic neurinoma A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from…