AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Normally, each cell in the human body has 23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total chromosomes).

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through the process of fertilization, egg and sperm join to make a cell with 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), called a zygote. For each chromosome pair, one homologous chromosome came from each parent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Human cells normally contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes in each cell . A change in the number of chromosomes can cause problems with growth, development, and function of the body’s systems.

Detailed explanation-5: -Humans, like many other species, are called ‘diploid’. This is because our chromosomes exist in matching pairs – with one chromosome of each pair being inherited from each biological parent. Every cell in the human body contains 23 pairs of such chromosomes; our diploid number is therefore 46, our ‘haploid’ number 23.