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Q: What do the chromosomes in your body contain thousands of?
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What does The chromosomes in your body each contain?

Your chromosomes contain your genetic material.


How many chromosomes do they contain?

Bacteria contain one circular chromosome (and several tiny circular plasmids), some slime molds contain hundreds of thousands of linear chromosomes. Other organisms contain various numbers of chromosomes depending on the species.


How many chromosomes does a tribbles body cells normally contain?

9 chromosomes


What cell types contains the least number of chromosomes?

Sex cells contain half the number of chromosomes that body cells contain.


Chromosomes cell analogy to human body?

chromosomes contain mitochondria, which acts just like a battery.


Does each egg and sperm cell contain a full set of 46 chromosomes?

No. These cells contain only half the number of chromosomes as the other cells of the body. Each egg and sperm cell contain only 23 chromosomes.


How many single chromosomes do humans have in their body cells?

Human cells contain forty-six chromosomes each. An exception to this is gametes (oocytes and sperm), which contain twenty-three chromosomes each.


Human body cells contain nuclei?

46 chromosomes


Because body cells contain two sets of chromosomes they are?

Diploid


What cell has homologous chromosomes?

A somatic cell (body cell) is a cell that would have homologous chromosomes.


Does DNA contain 23 chromosomes?

No. DNA doesn't contain chromosomes. Chromosomes are DNA.


Why does a gamete only contain 23 in the human body?

You get the other 23 from the opposite sex. The semen and the egg combines and gets 46 chromosomes. If each gamete contained 46 chromosomes, the zygote would contain 92 chromosomes.