Glossary of Relevant Genetic and Molecular/Cell Biology

Tsang, Stephen H.; Sharma, Tarun

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95046-4_7

Stephen H. Tsang^8,9 &
Tarun Sharma⁹

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The basic physical and functional unit of heredity; made up of DNA, they act as instructions to make proteins. There are about 20,000–25,000 genes in humans, with size varying from a few hundred DNA bases to more than 2 million bases. Most genes are the same in all people; less than 1% differ. Each person has two copies of each gene, one inherited from each parent. Each chromosome contains many genes.

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Jonas Children’s Vision Care, Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative-Departments of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, Pathology & Cell Biology, Institute of Human Nutrition, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Stephen H. Tsang
Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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Jonas Children’s Vision Care, Bernard & Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Laboratory, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative-Departments of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, Pathology & Cell Biology, Institute of Human Nutrition, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Tsang, S.H., Sharma, T. (2018). Glossary of Relevant Genetic and Molecular/Cell Biology. In: Tsang, S., Sharma, T. (eds) Atlas of Inherited Retinal Diseases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1085. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95046-4_7

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95046-4_7
Published: 22 December 2018
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