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- Day 365 (21q22.2-21qter): The last day: three trefoil genes
- Day 364 (21q22.11-21q22.2): HUNK
- Day 363 (21q21.2-21q22.11): an Alzheimer’s precursor
- Day 362 (21q21.1-21q21.2): a Coxsackie virus interacting protein
- Day 361 (21p11.2-21q21.1): an rRNA cluster
- Day 360 (21pter-21p11.2): Chromosome 23 and Down
- Day 359 (22q13.2-22qter): acrosin, cracking eggs
- Day 358 (22q12.3-22q13.2): EP300, a gene activator
- Day 357 (22q11.23-22q12.3): pescadillo, a gene discovered in zebrafish
- Day 356 (22q11.1-22q11.23): the Philadelphia chromosome breakpoint
- Day 355 (22p12-22q11.1): an orphan smell gene
- Day 354 (22pter-22p12): Chromosome 22, starting with heterochromatin
- Day 353 (Yq12): three days of heterochromatin; evolution of the Y
- Day 352 (Yq12): three days of heterochromatin; loss-of-Y in smokers
- Day 351 (Yq12): three days of heterochromatin; the XYY myth
- Day 350 (Yq11.23-Yq12): a sperm-packing enzyme
- Day 349 (Yq11.221-Yq11.23): DAZ genes lurking in million-letter palindromes
- Day 348 (Yp11.2-Yq11.221): testis-specific proteins
- Day 347 (Ypter-Yp11.2): the Y chromosome, Nettie Stevens, and SRY
- Day 346 (19q13.33-19q13.43): the most genes of any day, including fifteen kallekrein genes
- Day 345 (19q13.2-19q13.33): the most important Alzheimer’s mutation
- Day 344 (19q13.11-19q13.2): biliverdin reductase, turning bruises yellow
- Day 343 (19p11-19q13.11): a bZIP transcription factor
- Day 342 (19p13.11-19p11): Chromosome 19 is the most gene-dense
- Day 341 (19p13.2-19p13.11): mucin 16, the second-longest protein
- Day 340 (19pter-19p13.2): a FGF gene, controlling limb length
- Day 339 (20q13.2-20q13.33): a spot of highly-accelerated RNA evolution
- Day 338 (20q13.13-20q13.2): an aurora kinase
- Day 337 (20q12-20q13.13): TOP1, relieving the tension in DNA
- Day 336 (20q11.21-20q12): the ITCH gene
- Day 335 (20p11.21-20q11.21): visual system homeobox 1
- Day 334 (20p12.1-20p11.21): the cystatins
- Day 333 (20p12.3-20p12.1): isthmin
- Day 332 (20pter-20p12.3): prion protein
- Day 331 (18q22.3-18ter): a teashirt gene
- Day 330 (18q21.33-18q22.3): a Tourette’s syndrome RNA?
- Day 329 (18q21.2-18q21.33): a miRNA needed by Hep C
- Day 328 (18q12.3-18q21.2): maestro
- Day 327 (18q12.2-18q12.3): MOCOS, helping molybdenum-containing enzymes
- Day 326 (18q11.2-18q12.2): four desmogleins, four desmocollins
- Day 325 (18p11.1-18q11.2): NPC1, a critical cholesterol trafficker
- Day 324 (18p11.22-18p11.1): a capping enzyme
- Day 323 (18pter-18p11.22): an enzyme that makes the Ts in DNA
- Day 322 (17q25.1-17qter): FASN, a fat factory
- Day 321 (17q24.2-17q25.1): genes for stones in your ear
- Day 320 (17q22-17q24.2): the most written-about microRNA
- Day 319 (17q21.33-17q22): the main collagen protein
- Day 318 (17q21.2-17q21.33): a common inversion
- Day 317 (17q11.2-17q21.2): one of the two big keratin clusters
- Day 316 (17p11.1-17q11.2): the target of Prozac
- Day 315 (17p11.2-17p11.1): folliculin
- Day 314 (17p13.1-17p11.2): recoverin
- Day 313 (17p13.3-17p13.1): p53, guardian of the genome
- Day 312 (16q23.3-16q24.3): MC1R and the inheritance of red hair
- Day 311 (16q22.3-16q23.3): gigaxonin
- Day 310 (16q21-16q22.3): CTCF, building genomic walls
- Day 309 (16q21-16q21): a mystery gene
- Day 308 (16q12.1-16q21): a SNP in FTO, the strongest determinant of obesity
- Day 307 (16q11.2-16q12.1): wet vs dry earwax
- Day 306 (16p11.2-16q11.2), a region sequenced before the rest of the genome
- Day 305 (16p12.1-16p11.2): BOLA2, a gene duplication specific to humans
- Day 304 (16p13.11-16p12.1): a Polo-like kinase
- Day 303 (16p13.2-16p13.11): protamines, packaging DNA tightly in sperm heads
- Day 302 (16pter-16p13.2): the same amino acid over and over again
- Day 301 (15q26.1-15qter): synemin, a stretchy muscle molecule
- Day 300 (15q25.3-15q26.1): aggrecan, a bottlebrush protecting your joinds
- Day 299 (15q24.3-15q25.3): a smoking behavior locus
- Day 298 (15q23-15q24.3): two cytochrome genes
- Day 297 (15q22.2-15q23): Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3
- Day 296 (15q21.2-15q22.2), myosin, a walking protein
- Day 295 (15q15.1-15q21.2): fibrillin, associated with Marfan’s syndrome
- Day 294 (15q14-15q15.1): aquarius, a splicing protein
- Day 293 (15q11.2-15q14): ARHGAP11B, a human-specific brain gene; the SNP for blue eyes
- Day 292 (15p11.2-15q11.2): the imprinted Prader-Willi/Angelman region
- Day 291 (15p12-15p11.2): No genes again today; more cool stuff about Chromosome 15
- Day 290 (15p13-15p12): Chromosome 15, another acrocentric chromosome
- Day 289 (14q32.2-14qter): the IGH@ locus
- Day 288 (14q32.11-14q32.2): a cluster of serpins
- Day 287 (14q31.1-14q32.11): a calcium sensor
- Day 286 (14q24.3-14q31.1): a stonin
- Day 285 (14q23.3-14q24.3): presenilin
- Day 284 (14q23.1-14q23.3): the longest human gene name
- Day 283 (14q21.3-14q23.1): a galectin
- Day 282 (14q21.1-14q21.3): a mystery lincRNA
- Day 281 (14q13.1-14q21.1): a lung surfactant
- Day 280 (14q12-14q13.1): cochlin
- Day 279 (14p11.1-14q12): The other big T-cell receptor locus
- Day 278 (14p11.2-14p11.1): No genes again today; more cool stuff about Chromosome 14
- Day 277 (14pter-14p11.2): Chromosome 14, another acrocentric chromosome
- Day 276 (13q33.2-13qter): two clotting factors
- Day 275 (13q32.2-13q33.2): SLC15A1, getting protein from your diet
- Day 274 (13q31.3-13q32.2): a gene desert with critical oncomirs
- Day 273 (13q31.1-13q31.3): three SLITRK genes and that’s it
- Day 272 (13q22.1-13q31.1): a sprouty gene
- Day 271 (13q21.32-13q22.1): a dachshund gene
- Day 270 (13q21.1-13q21.32): a gene desert with two protocadherins
- Day 269 (13q14.2-13q21.1): two cancer-suppressing microRNAs
- Day 268 (13q14.11-13q14.2): SPERT, a protein in growing sperm
- Day 267 (13q13.1-13q14.11): klotho, protecting against aging
- Day 266 (13q12.12-13q13.1): BRCA2
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