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Q: What is a pair of corresponding chromosomes called?
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Is a pair of corresponding chromosomes is homozygous true or false?

The corresponding pair of chromosomes may homozygous as well as heterozygous, depending on the presence of dominant and recessive genes.


What is a homologous chromosone?

A pair of chromosomes that have corresponding gene sequences.


What describes corresponding chromosomes?

Corresponding chromosomes refer to a pair of chromosomes in which one chromosome is inherited from the mother and the other from the father. They have the same genes at the same positions, known as loci, but may have different alleles for those genes. Corresponding chromosomes are also known as homologous chromosomes.


What is each individual chromosomes called?

The chromosomes in each pair of chromosomes are called diploid chromosomes.


What is one of a pair of chromosomes that are involved in sex determination of an idividual?

The pair of chromosomes involved in sex determination is called sex chromosomes, rest of the chromosomes are called autosomes.


Traits are determined by pairs of genes called?

The two chromosomes (two "X" shapes) that are in a pair are generally called "homologous chromosomes". A pair of "chromatids" make up the two arms of a single chromosome.


What are Autosomal chromosomes that carry corresponding traits and are similar in structure called?

Homologous


Word describing the two chromosomes in a pair that have genes that code for the same traits?

Two chromosomes in a pair that have genes that code for the same traits are called homologous chromosomes. These chromosomes are in the same locations or loci.


What are xx chromosomes called?

XX chromosomes are called sex chromosomes and are typically found in females.


Is it true that in humans the are 23 pairs of matching homologous chromosomes called autosomes?

No, 22 pairs of chromosomes are autosomes. The last, or 23rd, pair are sex chromosomes.


What kind of chromosomes do the body cells of humans have?

All Human Body Cells, also called somatic cells, have 46 chromosomes. These 46 occur is 23 pair. The first 22 pair are called autosomes. The 23rd pair are the sex chromosomes, xx for female, xy for male.


What chromosomes do human have 22 of?

The chromosomes number1- 22 is called autosomes and pair number 23 is called as sex chromosome.