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a diverse gene pool ensures survival and dominancy, plus if you didn't the offspring would be mentally handicapped.
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What do the chromosomes in your body contain thousands of?
Genes
The cytoplasm contains thousands of segments called genes which are responsible for hereditary characteristics?
Nocleotides?
Does a gene contain hundreds of chromosomes?
No, it's the other way round a chromosome conatins many genes. On humans one can contain anywhere between hundreds or thousands of genes, some are longer than others . A map of the human genome lives here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/map_search.cgi?taxid=9606
Explain why chromosomes are important for organisms?
each chromosome has thousands of genes that play an important role in determining how an organism develops and functions
Why do you need to procreate?
There is no such need. However, genes survive because they are passed on through the generations.
How many genes do humans has?
Thousands
What is the relationship between the genes and chromosomes?
There are thousands of genes in a chromosome.
Approximately how many genes do humans has?
Humans have about 20, 000 to 25,000 genes.
What do the chromosomes in your body contain thousands of?
Genes
Does prokaryotes have genes?
Of course they have genes. They need genes for survival and reproduction.
What are the alleles of a gene?
That depends on the gene: some genes have only a few alleles, some genes have hundreds or even thousands of alleles.
Is a chromosome larger than a gene?
There are 25,000 human genes on 23 chromosomes. There are hundreds of genes on the smaller chromosomes and thousands on the bigger ones.
What do microarrays allow scientists to do?
With a micro array , scientists can examine how active thousands of genes are.
The cytoplasm contains thousands of segments called genes which are responsible for hereditary characteristics?
Nocleotides?
Does each chromosome have a very long DNA molecule with hundreds of thousands of genes?
yes
Which term is defined as long thin structures in a cell that are made up of thousands of genes?
chromosomes
How many genes do chromosomes have?
hundreds and thousands, no one probaly knows for sure. Genes make us what we are from our hair colour to our gender, our insulin production ect.. there are loads
