6 Chromosome
represents 5.5% to 6% of the total DNA in cells. People normally have two
copies of this chromosome as all other non-sex chromosomes. Chromosome six spans
about 171 million base pairs. Base Pairs are two molecules (nucleotides)
on opposite DNA strands that are connected. Adenine (A) forms a base pair with
thymine (T), as does guanine (G) with cytosine (C) in DNA. Base pairs is how DNA is measured.
There are about 1,505 genes in this chromosome.
Among these are genes
directly implicated in cancer, schizophrenia, autoimmunity and many other
diseases. Chromosome 6 harbors the largest transfer RNA gene cluster in the
genome.
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