Chromosome 14

2003/01/02 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Biokimika
• Genetika

The fourteenth chromosome of the human genome has been completely decoded. Among the 1,050 genes found on this chromosome are those related to Alzheimer's disease. In addition, another sixty possible diseases have been identified.

But didn't the entire human genome decode long ago? This was announced.

Yes, they decoded him, but not at all. In this immense sequence were missing many small areas that are now being completed. Four chromosomes have already been completely decoded, three of which are the smallest. As there are twenty-four chromosomes in the human genome, there is a lot of work to do.