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As stated above chromosome 13 is the largest acrocentric (centromere at head) human chromosome. It's
sequencing was done at the Sanger Institute and was found to have 95,567,076 base pairs. It has 633 gene structures and 296
psuedogenes. It has the lowest gene density of autosomes that have been analysed. After sequencing it in other species
95% of its protein coding genes have been identified.
"Human
Chromosome 13 Project Overview." 15 Sep. 2004. The Sanger Institute: Human Chromosome 13 Home. 17 Nov. 2004 <http://www.sanger.ac.uk/HGP/Chr13/>.
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