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What is a SAT chromosome?


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SAT-chromosome:

  1. The terminal part of a chromosome may bear a round structure called a satellite, which remains separated from the rest of the chromosomes by a constriction. Such a chromosome is called SAT-chromosome.
  2. A human being has 23 pairs (46 individually) of chromosomes in a single cell.
  3. Human chromosome numbers 21 and 22 are examples of SAT- chromosomes:

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