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Chromosome 16
Definition 1
The designation for each member of the sixteenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair. Chromosome 16 spans about 90 million base pairs and represents just under 3% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
One of the three pairs in the fifth group (or group E) of human chromosomes according to the current classification for humans. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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