mosaic

Y chromosome

...ale-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes. Nature, 423, 825-837 Rozen, S., et. al. (2003) Abundant gene conversion between arms of palindromes in human and ape Y chromosomes. Nature, 423, 873-876. External link Researchers Discover Use of Novel Mechanis...

X chromosome

...y some of the body's cells. These cases are called mosaic 46,XY/47,XXY. Triple X syndrome (also called 47,XXX or trisomy X): This syndrome results from an extra copy of the X chromosome in each of a female's cells. Females with trisomy X have three X chromosomes, for a total of 47 chromosomes per cel...

Virus classification

...enus Furovirus ; type species: Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus Genus Hordeivirus ; type species: Barley stripe mosaic virus Genus Idaeovirus ; type species: Raspberry bushy dwarf virus Genus Machlomovirus ; ...

Tobacco mosaic virus

The Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is an RNA virus that infects plant...was proven to be correct after her death. Tobacco mosaic virus has a rod-like appearance. Its capsid is made from a single protein that assembles itself arou...

Tobacco mosaic virus

The Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is an RNA virus that infects plant...was proven to be correct after her death. Tobacco mosaic virus has a rod-like appearance. Its capsid is made from a single protein that assembles itself arou...

Lyon hypothesis

...xpress different coloring genes and lead to their mosaic fur color. However, there are now reports that women still express many genes from their inactive X chromosomes, and that different women express different genes from the inactive X. Research by Carrel and Willard (2005) indicates that 15% of the ...

Edward's syndrome

...r of chromosomes. Such cases are sometimes called mosaic Edwards syndrome. Very rarely, a piece of chromosome 18 becomes attached to another chromosome ( translocated ) before or after conception. Affected people have two copies of chromosome 18, plus extra material from chromosome 18 attached to another ...