Chromosome

Chromosomes bụ akụkụ dị n’etiti mkpụrụ ndụ na-ebu DNA ogologo oge. DNA bụ ihe na-ejide mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa. O bu ya bu iru aru nke mmadu.

Chromosomes nwekwara protein ndị na-enyere DNA aka ịdị n'ụdị kwesịrị ekwesị.

Chromosomes na-abata abụọ. Dị ka ọ na-adị, mkpụrụ ndụ nke ọ bụla n’ime ahụ mmadụ nwere chromosomes iri abụọ na atọ (46 kromosomes niile). Ọkara sitere na nne; nkera ọzọ si n’aka nna.

Abụọ nke chromosomes (X na Y chromosome) na-ekpebi mmekọahụ gị dị ka nwoke ma ọ bụ nwanyị mgbe amụrụ gị. A na-akpọ ha chromosomes mmekọahụ:

• Mamụ nwanyị nwere chromosomes 2 X.
• Mụ nwoke nwere chromosome 1 X na 1 Y.

Nne ahụ nyere X chromosome nwata ahụ. Nna ahụ nwere ike inye onyinye X ma ọ bụ Y. Chromosome sitere n’aka nna na-ekpebi ma a mụrụ nwa ahụ dị ka nwoke ma ọ bụ nwanyị.

A na-akpọ chromosomes ndị fọdụrụnụ autosomal chromosomes. A maara ha dịka chromosome abụọ 1 site na 22.

• Chromosomes na DNA

Chromosome. Taber’s Medical Dictionary na ntanetị. www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753321/all/chromosome?q=Chromosome&ti=0. Emelitere 2017. Nweta May 17, 2019.

Stein CK. Ngwa nke cytogenetics na pathology nke oge a. Na: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management site na Labozọ Laboratory. 23 nke ed. St Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2017: isi 69.