Chromosome Constituent Crossword Clue

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	noun • (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
	38%	3		Chromosome constituent, for short
	noun • (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
	28%	6		A pattern in genetics where the order of genes on a chromosome is reversed and the chromosome is then folded back on itself
	noun • an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X

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New York Times17 Jan 2006	Down 34
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