KIDS QUIZ
SCIENCE FICTION
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Question
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Fact
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Fiction
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Humans have 46, chimpanzees have 48, and yes, potatoes also have 48. All of these numbers have come about because of chance. As I said, chromosome numbers can change over time. They can stick together by accident through a process called fusion.
Detailed explanation-2: -As mentioned before, humans have 46 individual chromosomes that are arranged into 23 pairs. Reeves’s muntjac and antelope also have 46 chromosomes. You may be surprised to hear that potatoes, gorillas and deer mice have 48 individual chromosomes.
Detailed explanation-3: -A million or two years ago, people had the same number of chromosomes as today’s potatoes-48. Then two chromosomes ended up stuck together. Now most every human has 46 instead of 48.