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Where does a persons genes and chromosomes come from?

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They come from the same 'place' that all other Living Creatures Genes come from - Three Billion Years of Biological Evolution.

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What contains the genes the determine a persons gender or sex?

The Sex chromosomes


How many genes are found on each of your chromosomes?

Humans have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), chromosomes are long strands of genes, and since the chromosomes come in pairs, so do the genes. There are 25,000 genes in the entire human genome, and since the haploid chromosome number is 23, there are about 100's of genes on the shorter chromosomes and approximately thousands on the longer chromsomes.


Are chromosomes found on genes?

Genes are located on chromosomes and not chromosomes are located on genes. genes are the basic unit of inheritance and they resides on chromosomes.


Are the chromosomes located in the genes?

No, the genes are in the chromosomes


What is the difference between chromosomes and genes?

DNA is in genes, and genes are in chromosomes.


Are chromosomes genes or are genes chromosomes?

Genes are stretches of DNA that contain code to make proteins. Chromosomes are made up of numerous Genes.


What is the relationship between chromosomes and genes and between genes and DNA?

Chromosomes contain genes which are segments of DNA.


Difference between chromosomes and genes?

Chromosomes carry genes. Genes are inherited material that is in chromosomes. Traits are determined by the genetic information found on chromosomes.


What is the similarities and difference between the segregation of genes and of chromosomes?

Since the genes are on the chromosomes, segregation of the chromosomes is also segregation of the genes.


What located on chromosomes and carry hereditary instructions?

the chromosomes carry the genes


Explain why the majority of genes in an organism occur in pairs.?

Genes come in pairs because Genes are in chromosomes and chromosomes come in pairs as well.


What are the genes carries on the x and y chromosomes called?

The genes carried on the X and Y chromosomes are called your "sex chromosomes".