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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
A chromosomal segment containing genes that encode ribosomal RNA; located at the secondary constriction of some chromosomes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chromosomal segment containing genes that encode ribosomal RNA; located at the secondary constriction of some chromosomes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chromosome associated with sex determination. In most animals, the female has two, and the male has one X chromosome. The opposite occurs in birds, in which the equivalent is the Z chromosome.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chromosome formed by the union of two separate chromosomes, as in attached-X chromosomes or attached-X-Y chromosomes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chromosome re-arrangement that reverses the order of a linear array of genes in it.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chromosome with the centromere near the middle and, consequently, two arms of about equal length.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chromosome with two identical arms and identical genes. The arms are mirror images of each other.
Industry:Biotechnology
