The cell is aneuploid, and the condition is aneuploidy.
The human haploid number is 23. So a diploid cell (one with two sets of chromosomes, one set from each parent) has 46 chromosomes.
Occasionally a mistake occurs in cell division, and the cell does not detect the mistake and stop the division. The mistake involves attachment of spindle fibers to centromeres. The consequence is that, instead of two chromosomes separating and going to opposite poles at anaphase, both members of a pair travel to the same pole. One daughter cell therefore lacks a chromosome, and one has an extra copy.
Among the conditions caused by this non-disjunction are Down's syndrome and Klinefelter's syndrome.
In eggs and sperm there are only 23 chromosomes, which is normal. It typically depends on which chromosome is missing, or added, that causes differences in the phenotype of the cell.
For example, some trisomy (having 3 copies of a certain chromosome) causes mental retardation.
A diploid cell as the full set of chromosomes or a normal body cell with a full set of chromosomes is a somatic cell
Most non-human cells don't have 46 chromosomes.
In a human, the gametes only have 23 each.
Gametes! Spermatozoa (in males) and ova (in females) have 23 chromosomes. When fertilization occurs --> that makes a zygote (newly formed cell) with 46 chromosomes (or 23 pairs).
a female somatic cell
A human lung cell has 46 chromosomes, as do all human body cells.
A human somatic cell typically contains 46 chromosomes.
There are 23 chromosomes in a human haploid cell.
how many chromosomes are there at the end of the anaphase? In a human
23 pairs of chromosomes
Fruit flies have fewer chromosomes in their bodies because of the simplicity of their life. Having only few purposes, their DNA needs fewer chemical reactions to keep it alive for its life span.
Both human liver cells and human nerve cells will have the same number of chromosomes, which is 46. This is because all body cells in humans (somatic cells) have the same number of chromosomes, which are inherited from the parents and not altered during differentiation into different cell types.
Chromosomes fail to separate during cell division (its in the lesson)
A human lung cell has 46 chromosomes, as do all human body cells.
There are 46 chromosomes in a human cell, organized into 23 pairs, one inherited from each parent. This includes 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes (XX for females, XY for males).
There are 46 chromosomes in 1 human cell.
yes it has 23 cells.
There are 23 haploid chromosomes in a normal human gamete (sex cell).
46
23 pairs of chromosomes
23 chromosomes
It has 23 chromosomes.