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A house fly has 12 chromosome in their body cells and half that number (6) in their sex cells.

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How many chromosomes are in a rats body cell?

Rats typically have 42 chromosomes in their body cells.


The cow has 60 chromosomes in its body cells. When the cow's body cells divide by mitosis how many chromosomes will each daughter cell have?

Each daughter cell produced by mitosis will have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Therefore, each daughter cell will also have 60 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes does a white blood cell have?

It has 46 chromosomes because it is a body cell. All body cells have 46 chromosomes except our sex cells, which have 23. Body cells are refered to as 2n, or diploid, while sex cells are just n, or haploid. When sex cells combine they form another regular body cell, because the chromosomes come together.


How many chromosomes are in sex cell compared to regular cell?

Sex cells have half the number of chromosomes compared to regular cells. Regular cells in the human body have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), while sex cells (sperm and egg cells) have 23 chromosomes each.


How do body cells and sex cells differ?

Human cells have 46 chromosomes (call that 2n, or 2 times n). Now then, if an egg cell + sperm cell = fertilized egg (which becomes a human), how many chromosomes do each have? An egg cell must have 23 chromosomes, and a sperm cell must have 23 chromosomes, because 23 + 23 = 46. When the egg (23) and sperm (23) combine to form a fertilized egg, this egg will now have 46 chromosomes. So human sex cells have n, or 23 chromosomes. If you mean to distinguish somatic chromosomes from sex chromosomes, then you have 22 pairs of somatic chromosomes plus one pair of sex chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes.

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How many chromosomes are in a rats body cell?

Rats typically have 42 chromosomes in their body cells.


Wheat has 42 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in their body cells?

The 'body' cells have 42 chromosomes. The sex cells would have 21 chromosomes. 3 X 7


How many chromosomes are in a cell in the arm of the body?

it has the same amount as any other cells in your body (with the exception of sex cells which have 23.) a cell in the arm of the body will have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs)


How many chromosome are in a skin?

There are 46 chromosomes in a skin cell, as there are in all body cells. Sex cells have 23 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes does a tribbles body cells normally contain?

A tribble's body cell typically contains 40 chromosomes.


The cow has 60 chromosomes in its body cells. When the cow's body cells divide by mitosis how many chromosomes will each daughter cell have?

Each daughter cell produced by mitosis will have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Therefore, each daughter cell will also have 60 chromosomes.


How many chromosomes does a white blood cell have?

It has 46 chromosomes because it is a body cell. All body cells have 46 chromosomes except our sex cells, which have 23. Body cells are refered to as 2n, or diploid, while sex cells are just n, or haploid. When sex cells combine they form another regular body cell, because the chromosomes come together.


How many chromosomes in a horse sperm cell?

how many chromosomes are found in the body of a horse


Why is it important to have half as many chromosomes as normal body cells?

The gametes must have half as many chromosomes as normal body cells because they unite to form a zygote, which is the first body cell of the new organism. For example, human body cells have 46 chromosomes and human gametes (sperm and egg cells) have 23 chromosomes. When the sperm fertilizes the egg, the zygote will have 46 chromosomes, and is the first body cell of the new human.


How many chromosomes are in sex cell compared to regular cell?

Sex cells have half the number of chromosomes compared to regular cells. Regular cells in the human body have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), while sex cells (sperm and egg cells) have 23 chromosomes each.


How many chromosomes will be in each daughter cell?

It depends on the type of cell. In ordinary somatic (body) cells it is the same as the parent cell. In sex cells it is half the number. Many animals and plants have numbers of chromosomes that are different from human cells numbers.


How many pairs of chromosomes do each human skin cell have?

Each human skin cell has 46 chromosomes, which are organized into 23 pairs. This includes one set of 23 chromosomes inherited from the mother and another set of 23 chromosomes inherited from the father.