Chromosome 5 comprises ... there are distinct structural features such as a narrow forehead, spaced eyes, open mouth with a tented upper lip as well as a lack of facial expression.

The mother and father each pass on one set of 22 autosomes and one sex chromosome to their offspring ... of this syndrome include distinctive facial features, delay in development, intellectual ...

Typical craniofacial features include microcephaly ... 1 Identification of this condition strongly depends on recognition of the facial gestalt. Causative chromosomal deletions can be detected ...

this points us to a very precise region of DNA on a chromosome. The genes located around that region then become our prime candidates for facial features like nose or lip shape, especially if we have ...

The Tasmanian devil, a large carnivorous Australian marsupial, is under threat from a widespread fatal disease in which a malignant oral–facial tumour ... of chromosome 5 in the constitutional ...

This is probably because they may not have the typical physical features of someone with Down syndrome. Only some of their body cells have three copies of chromosome 21, while with the more common ...