Chromosome 8 | |
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Features | |
Length (bp) | 146,259,331 (CHM13)[1] |
No. of genes | 646 (CCDS)[2] |
Type | Autosome |
Centromere position | Submetacentric[3] (45.2 Mbp[4]) |
Complete gene lists | |
CCDS | Gene list |
HGNC | Gene list |
UniProt | Gene list |
NCBI | Gene list |
External map viewers | |
Ensembl | Chromosome 8 |
Entrez | Chromosome 8 |
NCBI | Chromosome 8 |
UCSC | Chromosome 8 |
Full DNA sequences | |
RefSeq | NC_000008 (FASTA) |
GenBank | CM000670 (FASTA) |
Chromosome 8 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 8 spans about 146 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 4.5 and 5.0% of the total DNA in cells.[5]
About 8% of its genes are involved in brain development and function, and about 16% are involved in cancer. A unique feature of 8p is a region of about 15 megabases that appears to have a high mutation rate. This region shows a significant divergence between human and chimpanzee, suggesting that its high mutation rates have contributed to the evolution of the human brain.[5]
CCDS
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