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Citation: Misteli, T. Nature Education 1 1 Chromosomes occupy specific regions of a nucleus, called "chromosome territories.
Aa Aa Aa. Figure 1. Figure Detail. Models of Chromosome Organization. Testing the Models. Figure 2. The Arrangement and Alteration of Chromosome Territories.
Figure 3: Visualization of chromosome territories by fluorescence in situ hybridization. A Chromosome territories green in liver cell nuclei blue. B Visualization of multiple chromosomes reveals spatial patterns of organization. Chromosomes 12 red , 14 blue , and 15 green form a cluster in mouse lymphocytes. Genome Biology 5 :R44 doi Current Biology 12 , — All rights reserved. Your genes determine your traits, such as eye color and blood type. Click Image to Enlarge. The usual number of chromosomes inside every cell of your body is 46 total chromosomes, or 23 pairs.
One of the first things these scientists noted was that uncondensed chromosomes occupy characteristic regions of the nucleus, which they termed chromosome territories. The spatial localization of these territories is thought to be important for gene expression. In fact, with the advent of gene-specific probes, researchers are beginning to understand how the arrangement of chromosome territories can bring particular genes closer together.
A second major observation related to chromosome territories is that the position of chromosomes relative to one another differs from cell to cell. Such differences reflect variation in gene expression patterns. This page appears in the following eBook. Aa Aa Aa. What Are Chromosomes? How Are Eukaryotic Chromosomes Structured?
Figure 3. Figure 6: The structure of chromatin in interphase. Heterochromatin is more condensed than euchromatin. How Are Chromosomes Organized in the Nucleus? The prokaryotic genome typically exists in the form of a circular chromosome located in the cytoplasm. In eukaryotes, however, genetic material is housed in the nucleus and tightly packaged into linear chromosomes.
Chromosomes are made up of a DNA-protein complex called chromatin that is organized into subunits called nucleosomes. The way in which eukaryotes compact and arrange their chromatin not only allows a large amount of DNA to fit in a small space, but it also helps regulate gene expression. Cell Biology for Seminars, Unit 2. Topic rooms within Cell Biology Close. No topic rooms are there. Or Browse Visually. Student Voices. Creature Cast. Simply Science.
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