Chromosome 13 (human)
| Chromosome 13 (human) | |
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Pair of human chromosome 13 (after G-banding).
One is from mother, one is from father. |
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Chromosome 13 pair in human male karyogram.
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| Features | |
| Length (bp) | 114,364,328 bp |
| No. of genes | 1,381 1,120 |
| Type | Autosome |
| Centromere position | Acrocentric |
| Identifiers | |
| RefSeq | NC_000013 |
| GenBank | CM000675 |
Chromosome 13 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 13 spans about 114 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 3.5 and 4% of the total DNA in cells.
Identifying genes on each chromosome is an active area of genetic research. Because researchers use different approaches to genome annotation their predictions of the number of genes on each chromosome varies. In January 2017, two estimates differed by 19%, with one estimate giving 1,381 genes, and the other estimate giving 1,120 genes.
The following are some of the genes located on chromosome 13:
The following diseases and disorders are some of those related to genes on chromosome 13:
The following conditions are caused by changes in the structure or number of copies of chromosome 13:
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