What is the Composition of Human Chromosomes?

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The discussion focuses on the search for comprehensive information regarding human chromosomes, specifically the composition percentages of genes, telomeres, centromeres, and silent regions. A user expresses difficulty finding resources that provide this data, despite having access to specific gene locations through PubMed. A suggested resource is the NCBI genome page, which includes further reading materials, notably a 2001 Nature article and a Science article that are freely available. Additionally, it is mentioned that students and researchers can download up to 1 megabase of the Celera human genome for free each week by registering, which could aid in their research needs.
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Hey all. I'm looking for a good source of general information about specific human chromosomes, such as what % of the chromosome is composed of genes, telomeres and centromere region, and what % is silent. The resources I have found thus far (like Genome on the PubMed site) have had great information about where specific genes are, but I just can't find what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance.
 
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At the bottom of the page there is further reading material that should contain that kind of information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/seq/ the Feb 15th 2001 article of Nature, and the article in Science are free for everyone to download.
 
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Thanks. Hopefully that should give me what I need.
 
If you're a student or researcher in need of this information for purely academic reasons, you can download up to 1 megabase per week of the Celera human genome for free. You can register here.
 

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