AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in somatic cells; one member of each pair is paternal (from the father) and one maternal (from the mother). There are 22 matched pairs of autosomal chromosomes, plus one pair of sex chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chromosome Humans have 22 pairs of numbered chromosomes (autosomes) and one pair of sex chromosomes (XX or XY), for a total of 46.

Detailed explanation-3: -The daughter cells are also genetically identical to the parent cell. All of the 46 chromosomes in somatic cells divide and then separate through the process of mitosis. The result is two daughter cells that also contain 46 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-4: -46 is generally considered Because each human originates from a single cell. All other cells are just copies of that single cell. And that single original cell, the fertilized egg, the zygote, has 46 chromosomes.