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Are the chromosomes in human sex cells paired or unpaired?
They are paired. Males have XY as a pair and females have XX as pairs.
Are the sex chromosomes paired in the cell?
yes,in the somatic cells.But not in the reproductive cells
What is the organ system Meisosis accures in?
Reproductive system. Meiosis is the formation of gametes which unlike regular cells have 23 unpaired chromosomes compared to regular cells which have 23 paired chromosomes or 46 total chromosomes, in humans that is.
How many chromosomes are present in a mature sex cell if the immature sex cell contains 18 chromosomes?
both produce mature sex cells.
How plant cell and animal cell alike?
Plant and animal cells are alike because they both have a nucleus, chromosomes, a vacuole.
What is the normal number of chromosomes in human body cells?
Each organism has a distinct number of chromosomes, in humans, every cell contains 46 chromosomes. Other organisms have different numbers, for instance, a dog has 78 chromosomes per cell. Somatic Cells - body cells, such as muscle, skin, blood ...etc. These cells contain a complete set of chromosomes (46 in humans) and are called DIPLOID. Sex Cells - also known as gametes. These cells contain half the number of chromosomes as body cells and are called HAPLOID Chromosomes come in pairs, called Homologous Pairs (or homologs). Imagine homologs as a matching set, but they are not exacly alike, like a pair of shoes. Diploid cells have 23 homologous pairs = total of 46 Haploid cells have 23 chromosomes (that are not paired) = total of 23
What is a cell with paired chromosomes called?
Somatic (diploid) cells have pairs of chromosomes. They have 46 chromosomes, making 23 pairs. All the cells in the human body are diploid cells, with the exception of the gametes (sperm and ova).Gametes are sex cells (eggs and sperm), they only have 23 chromosomes total. This is because they will combine with another gamete to form an embryo that will have 46.
Are cells produced by mitosis exactly alike chromosomes for chromosome?
Yes. The daughter cells are exact replicas or the original cell.
What happens when polyploidy has taken place?
Polyploidy occurs in cells and organisms when there are more than two paired sets of chromosomes.
What is the normal number and type of chromosomes present in the human body cells of a particular sex?
Human cells have 23 distinct types of chromosomes, including the 22 autosomes and the X or Y sex chromosome. (The autosomes are usually paired and are the same in both sexes.) You inherit one of each type from each of your parents so that the typical human somatic cell has 46 chromosomes. (Sperm and egg cells, of course, have 23 each.) While there is no difference in the 44 autosomnal chromosomes by sex, the sex chromosomes are paired XX in a woman and XY in a man.
How many chromosomes are in body cells?
That depends completely upon the Species of the Body. The human body's Cells possess 46 individual chromosomes except that they are not actually individual because they actually exist in a paired configuration that yeilds 23 Chromosome Pairs.
A human cell may have more or less than 46 chromosomes as a result of nondisjunction a process in what?
chromosomes fail to separate during cell division
