Chromosome 14 (human)

Chromosome 14 (human)
Pair of human chromosome 14 (after G-banding). One is from mother, one is from father.
Chromosome 14 pair in human male karyogram.
Features
Length (bp)	107,043,718 bp
Number of genes	2,055 1,894
Type	Autosome
Centromere position	Acrocentric
Identifiers
RefSeq	NC_000014
GenBank	CM000676

Chromosome 14 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 14 spans about 107 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 3 and 3.5% 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 9%, with one estimate giving 2,055 genes, and the other estimate giving 1,894 genes.

The centromere of chromosome 14 is positioned approximately at position 19.0-19.1 Mbp.

The following are some of the genes located on chromosome 14:

The following diseases are some of those related to genes on chromosome 14: