AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chromosome 20 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. Chromosome 20 spans around 66 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 2 and 2.5 percent of the total DNA in cells. Chromosome 20 was fully sequenced in 2001 and was reported to contain over 59 million base pairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: If a diploid cell from the hypothetical organism has 20 chromosomes, the haploid gamete would have 10. Diploid cells are those which have two sets of each chromosome, one set from each parent. If the diploid cells have 20 chromosomes, this means they have 10 pairs.

Detailed explanation-3: -In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46. Twenty-two of these pairs, called autosomes, look the same in both males and females. The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differ between males and females.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two of the chromosomes (the X and the Y chromosome) determine your sex as male or female when you are born. They are called sex chromosomes: Females have 2 X chromosomes. Males have 1 X and 1 Y chromosome.