Philadelphia chromosome

短语

词形变化

Philadelphia chromosomes 复数 Philadelphia chromosomes

释义与例句

n.
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    Human chromosome 22, after it has, pathologically, traded some of its genetic material with chromosome 9; this often causes chronic myelogenous leukemia.

词源

The abnormality was first discovered and described in 1959 by David Hungerford from the Institute for Cancer Research and Peter Nowell from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Both facilities are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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