polytene chromosome

large chromosome that provides a high level of function in tissues such as salivary glands
Thing cellular_component Q899773
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polytene chromosome

Summary

polytene chromosome is a cellular component[1]. It draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #80 of 301).[2]

Key Facts

  • polytene chromosome's image is recorded as Polyten chromosome.jpg[3].
  • polytene chromosome's instance of is recorded as cellular component[4].
  • polytene chromosome's subclass of is recorded as chromosome[5].
  • polytene chromosome's Commons category is recorded as Polytene chromosomes[6].
  • polytene chromosome's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D059007[7].
  • polytene chromosome's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04hbry[8].
  • polytene chromosome's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.284.187.440.500[9].
  • polytene chromosome's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.580[10].
  • polytene chromosome's MeSH tree code is recorded as G05.360.162.440.500[11].
  • polytene chromosome's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0005700[12].
  • polytene chromosome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005700[13].
  • polytene chromosome's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1166698[14].
  • polytene chromosome's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as polytene-chromosomes[15].
  • polytene chromosome's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 51423104[16].
  • polytene chromosome's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3886022[17].
  • polytene chromosome's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C51423104[18].

Why It Matters

polytene chromosome draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #80 of 301).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . WikiUMLS: Aligning UMLS to Wikipedia via Cross-lingual Neural Ranking. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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