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Chromosomes

"Chromosomes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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In a prokaryotic cell or in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a structure consisting of or containing DNA which carries the genetic information essential to the cell. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chromosomes" by people in this website by year, and whether "Chromosomes" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 63 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2006
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