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Glossary
Term
Euchromatin MGI Glossary
Definition
The part of the genome characterized by relatively high gene density and relative absence of highly repetitive sequences.
See also Heterochromatin.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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MGI 5.12 		The Jackson Laboratory