Template:Chromosome

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Default alt text
"A chromosome unravelling into a long string of DNA, a section of which is highlighted as the gene"

Suggested caption
"A gene is a segment of DNA that encodes function. A chromosome consists of a long strand of DNA containing many genes. A human chromosome can have up to 500 million base pairs of DNA with thousands of genes."