PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

GENETICS AND DISEASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A human egg cell might contain (3.2.1)
A
22 autosomes and an X chromosome
B
22 autosomes and a Y chromosome
C
45 autosomes and an X chromosome
D
45 autosomes and a Y chromosome
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Females have two copies of the X chromosome, while males have one X and one Y chromosome. The 22 autosomes are numbered by size. The other two chromosomes, X and Y, are the sex chromosomes. This picture of the human chromosomes lined up in pairs is called a karyotype.

Detailed explanation-2: -A normal human cell has 22 pairs of autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes, but the ovum is formed by the meiosis due to which they have only the half number of chromosomes, which means 22 autosomes (11 pairs) and 1 sex chromosome.

Detailed explanation-3: -Humans have 22 pairs of numbered chromosomes (autosomes) and one pair of sex chromosomes (XX or XY), for a total of 46. Each pair contains two chromosomes, one coming from each parent, which means that children inherit half of their chromosomes from their mother and half from their father.

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