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fragile site

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fragile site [′fraj·əl ¦sīt]
(genetics)
The chromosomal position of a deoxyribonucleic acid sequence predisposed to spontaneous or induced breakage; sometimes contains short repetitive sequences.


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``It's exciting,'' said Parks, who is fighting to locate the dam on a less environmentally fragile site.
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.
 
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