Philadelphia chromosome
English
The translocation
Noun
Philadelphia chromosome (plural Philadelphia chromosomes)
- Human chromosome 22, after it has, pathologically, traded some of its genetic material with chromosome 9; this often causes chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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