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Potatoes have 48 chromosomes while humans have only 46.
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Why do potatoes have more chromosomes than humans?
The number of chromosomes of a species has little to do with the complexity of the organism or the amount of DNA. The reason for this is, chromosomes are known to break and form two or more new chromosomes, or fuse into one. The chromosomes of the potato and the potato lineage may have undergone many such changes, and the human lineage may have undergone a different series, resulting in the potato having more chromosomes.
In humans the shorter of the sex chromosomes?
In humans, the Y chromosome is noticeably shorter than the X chromosome.
Can organisms with fewer chromosomes reproduce more easily than organism with more number of chromosomes?
can organisms with fewer no of chromosome reproduce more easily than organim with more
What describes the relationship between the number of genes and the number of chromosomes in human skin cells?
There are more genes than chromosomes in skin cells.
How many sets of chromosomes do polyploids have in their cell?
More than two sets of chromosomes
Do more complex organisms always have more chromosomes than than simpler organisms do?
More complex eukaryotes do not necessarily have more chromosomes than simpler eukaryotes do. An example from the Holt Science book is that fruit flies have 8 chromosomes, potatoes have 48, and humans have 46. The human cells are more complex, but they don't have quite as many chromosomes as potatoes!
Why do potatoes have more chromosomes than humans?
The number of chromosomes of a species has little to do with the complexity of the organism or the amount of DNA. The reason for this is, chromosomes are known to break and form two or more new chromosomes, or fuse into one. The chromosomes of the potato and the potato lineage may have undergone many such changes, and the human lineage may have undergone a different series, resulting in the potato having more chromosomes.
How many chromosomes does Jacob Black have?
one more than humans
How many genes does a potato?
Most types of potato have 48 chromosomes although some have just 24. The number in the basic set is 12, and potatoes have either 2 or, more usually, 4 sets.
What species other than humans have a haploid number of 23 chromosomes?
Ploidy is another species that has 23 chromosomes. Many organisms have more than two sets of homologous chromosomes.
Are there more chromosome than genes?
No. Humans have 46 chromosomes " beaded " with about 25,000 genes.
Does the number of chromosomes determine how complex an organism is?
No there isn't. Humans are much more complex than a fern, yet the Adder's Tongue Fern has 1262 chromosomes and a human has only 46. It also doesn't work the other way either (more complex organisms having less chromosomes) for fruit flies have 8 chromosomes and dogs have 78. Also, chimpanzees have the same number of chromosomes as potatoes and, surely, they are on different complexity levels.
Can humans have more than 46 chromosomes?
No, that's the number of chromosomes in a normal human somatic cell, but not all living things have that number. Drosophila (fruit fly) for instance, only have four, and are a model for genetics for that reason and others.
Which organism had more than 200 chromosomes?
The crayfish has more than 200 chromosomes.
In humans the shorter of the sex chromosomes?
In humans, the Y chromosome is noticeably shorter than the X chromosome.
Why is there more starch in potatoes rather than broccoli?
Yes, there is more starch in potatoes than broccoli.
Do large organism have more number of chromosome?
Not necessarily. An onion has around 12 times as much DNA as we do, but they are certainly not more complex than we are. Although it is true, "onions have layers." But so do we. Scientists have been perplexed by this question for a while, but some Harvard research has suggested that not all DNA is functional -- some is "junk DNA." And some species dispose of their junk DNA, while others continue to replicate it. This could explain why seemingly simple species have a higher number of chromosomes -- they are simply hoarding their useless DNA.
