LABORATORY REVIEW
MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS
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Question
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A human body cell usually has ____ amount of chromosomes.
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6
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22
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4
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46
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Normally, each cell in the human body has 23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total chromosomes). Half come from the mother; the other half come from the father. Two of the chromosomes (the X and the Y chromosome) determine your sex as male or female when you are born.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a diploid human cell, chromosome number is 46.
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