Chromosome 11

Does each chromosome in a human cell contain one complete DNA molecule, so that there are 46 separate DNA molecules, one for each chromosome? Or does a single DNA molecule continue as an extended filament, running in and out of ...

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... to repare the accumulated damages, hence death. The molecule you are speaking with is called telomere and actually represent the ends of the chromosome in the cell. But remember that evolution acts on individula, not on the species. If you had genes that could allow to profit of your own ...

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... in some insects, fishes, amphibians, reptiles and rat.[18] Paleopolyploidy is the scientific study of prehistoric polyploid speciation events. Chromosome Speciation (fast - Human, Fruit Fly, Mosquito) Chromosome fusion speciation[17] is the result of two chromosomes joining to become a single ...

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... to pull by way of letting tubulin go from the pole end: thus pulling on the centromeres as they shorten. Are they strong enough to pull a fused chromosome apart? Depends on how condensed the chromosome at the fused part in order for it to either break off and freely go with the rest of the chromosome, ...

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... be very small. There are multiple resons for this starting from simple phsyiological and behavioral differences to more complex elements such as chromosome numbers and genetics. One could perhaps get something done by genetic engineering, but even making a true hybrid (half the genome from frog ...

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