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Human Gene Symbol Abbreviations.

“Human Chromosome Trisomy (Down and Sex-Y)”, was the topic of an earlier blog post. That blog post displayed the chromosomes 21 and Y (shown atop here).  The two chromosomes are 50 million base pairs (Y-chromosome), and 46 million base pairs (21-chromosome) in DNA length long.  At bottom of the chart below is Y-chromosome and 21-chromosome are in group “G”.  The Y=50=DAZ + LWD + RBMY1A1 + USP9Y.  The abbreviations communicate the same thing as the words compactly. 21-chromosome equates to the sum of 17 symbols below: ANKRD21 + APP + CBS … etcetera… TFF3 = 46 million base pairs = 21-chromosome.   A cytogenetics technician has these terms memorized.

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