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Sorry - there's just no easy answer there. Some chromosomes are enormous and carry many genes, others are puny and contain very few genes. And chromosomes also differ in what proportion of their DNA is actually coding DNA. To give you a sense of the range, according to ensembl.org (a great genome browser website) human chromosome 1 is 250Mb and contains about 2,000 genes (a density of about 8 genes per Mb) and chromosome Y is about 60Mb and contains only about 50 genes (or a density of 0.83 genes per Mb). And that's just within a single species.

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Difference between chromosomes and genes?

Chromosomes are structures that contain genes, which are the functional units of heredity. Genes are specific segments of DNA that encode information for producing proteins, while chromosomes are made up of DNA and protein and contain many genes. Chromosomes are organized in pairs in a cell's nucleus, while genes are the specific units on chromosomes responsible for inherited traits.


Are chromosomes a DNA molecule with many genes?

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Why some chromosomes are recessive and the others are domainent?

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How many chromosomes are present in a eukaryote cell?

It depends on which organism it belongs to.


Do humans have 46 genes?

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How many genes are found in chromosomes?

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How many of your genes do you get from your mother?

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How many genes do fruit flies have on their chromosomes?

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How many cells are in a eukaryote cell?

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Do chromosomes have the same or different genes?

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How many genes are in chromosomes?

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