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Chromosome 12
Definition 1
The designation for each member of the twelfth largest human autosomal chromosome pair. Chromosome 12 spans about 143 million base pairs and represents between 4 and 4.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
One of the seven pairs in the third group (or group C) of human chromosomes according to the current classification for humans. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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