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Chromosome 8
Definition 1
The designation for each member of the eighth largest human autosomal chromosome pair. Chromosome 8 spans about 145 million base pairs and represents between 4.5 and 5.0% 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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