BRCA1 gene is located on which chromosome?: (A) Chromosome 13, (B) Chromosome 19, (C) Chromosome 21, (D) Chromosome 17
Answer is D. The BRCA2 gene is located on chromosome 13 and encodes over 3000 amino acids. It appears that BRCA2 plays an important role in male breast cancer.
• The human BRCA1 gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 17