Chromosome 12

Chromosome 12 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 12 spans about 133 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 4 and 4.5 percent of the total DNA in cells.

Chromosome 12
Human chromosome 12 pair after G-banding.
One is from mother, one is from father.
Chromosome 12 pair
in human male karyogram.
Features
Length (bp)133,324,548 bp
(CHM13)
No. of genes988 (CCDS)
TypeAutosome
Centromere positionSubmetacentric
(35.5 Mbp)
Complete gene lists
CCDSGene list
HGNCGene list
UniProtGene list
NCBIGene list
External map viewers
EnsemblChromosome 12
EntrezChromosome 12
NCBIChromosome 12
UCSCChromosome 12
Full DNA sequences
RefSeqNC_000012 (FASTA)
GenBankCM000674 (FASTA)

Chromosome 12 contains the Homeobox C gene cluster.

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