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fragile site

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frag·ile site (frjl)
n.
A nonstaining gap at a specific point on a chromosome that usually involves both chromatids and always appears at exactly the same point on chromosomes of different cells from an individual or kindred.
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``It's exciting,'' said Parks, who is fighting to locate the dam on a less environmentally fragile site.
ENDANGERED PLANTS FOUND; PROPOSED DAM CONSTRUCTION MAY BE RE-STUDIED by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Indeed, one fragile site under suspicion--a long string of DNA on human chromosome 3 called FRA3B--is often disrupted in breast cancer, researchers reported last month in Denver at a meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics.
Chromosomal Fragility by SEPPA, NATHAN / Science News
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