Human Chromosome 12

**Semantic type:** Cell Component

**Definition:** The designation for each member of the twelfth largest human autosomal chromosome pair. Chromosome 12 spans about 143 million base pairs and represents between 4 and 4.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

**Synonyms:** - Chromosome 12 - Chromosome 12 - Chromosome 12 - chr12 - chr12 - chr12