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No, chromosomes are compact pieces of DNA that are found within a cell, and are therefore smaller than a cell.
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Are chromosomes larger than a cell?
No, chromosomes are smaller than cells. Chromosomes are found in the nucleus of cells which codes for the synthesis of proteins.
Where are chromosomes found in multicellular organisms?
Chromosomes are found within the nucleus of the cell (in Eukaryotic cells). There are also usually smaller chromosomes in the mitochondria and chloroplasts.
What types of cells are seen in chromosomes?
Cells are not found in chromosomes. Chromosomes are found in cells.
Chromosomes in animal cells?
Yes there are chromosomes in animal cells. There are also chromosomes in plant cells. :)
What are chromosomes in?
chromosomes are in cells
What did Sutton observe about the relative numbers of chromosomes in the body cells and sex cells of grasshoppers?
body cells of a grasshopper has 24 chromosomes and 12 chromosomes in the sex cells so as many body cell chromosomes you have you will have half that number of chromosomes in your sex cells.
How do the number of chromosomes in a female scorpion's egg cells compare with the number in her body (somatic) cells?
There are 46 chromosomes in your body cells. The egg cells have half the amount of chromosomes as the body cells, so there are 23 chromosomes in the egg cells.
Wheat has 42 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in their body cells?
The 'body' cells have 42 chromosomes. The sex cells would have 21 chromosomes. 3 X 7
How are body cells different from sex cells?
Cause body cells have twice the chromosomes a sex cell has Body cells have 46 chromosomes and sex cells have 23 chromosomes.
Are chromosomes found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells?
there is no nucleus in eukaryotic cells, the chromosomes are found in the mitochondria
Haploid cells are cells that have?
Half of the amount of chromosomes as the cells in the body that are not gametes (called somatic cells) so 23 chromosomes (instead of 23 PAIRS of chromosomes).
If the number of chromosomes in the skin cells of an organism is 28 what is the number of chromosomes in the organisms egg cells?
Gametes have half the number of chromosomes that most cells in the organism have. Most human cells have 46 chromosomes, but eggs and sperm have 23 chromosomes each.
