Not necessarily. The number of chromosomes does not correlate directly with an organism's ability to reproduce. Organisms with different numbers of chromosomes have evolved various mechanisms to reproduce successfully, and factors like genetic diversity and adaptability are more important for reproductive success than just the number of chromosomes.
dogs
The number of chromosomes of a species has little to do with the complexity of the organism or the amount of DNA. The reason for this is, chromosomes are known to break and form two or more new chromosomes, or fuse into one. The chromosomes of the potato and the potato lineage may have undergone many such changes, and the human lineage may have undergone a different series, resulting in the potato having more chromosomes.
Potatoes have 48 chromosomes while humans have only 46.
No. The reproductive cells (eggs, sperm, ova and pollen) all contain half the number of chromosomes of an organisms body cell. This means that at fertilization the two reproductive cells (or gametes) combine to form a single cell with the appropriate number of chromosomes.If a gamete had more chromosomes than a normal cell then fertilization would lead to even more chromosomes and an offspring that would be seriously genetically compromised.
The crayfish has more than 200 chromosomes.
An organism that contains more than two sets of chromosomes.
dogs
Not necessarily. The number of chromosomes does not correlate directly with an organism's ability to reproduce. Organisms with different numbers of chromosomes have evolved various mechanisms to reproduce successfully, and factors like genetic diversity and adaptability are more important for reproductive success than just the number of chromosomes.
an organism with more sets of chromosomes than is natural. IE a fruit is supposed to be diploid (2n), however some flies might gain another set of chromosomes to make it triploid (3n).
An autopolyploid is an organism with more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species.
Relatively simple organisms with more chromosomes might have smaller chromosomes containing less DNA. Also, some of the DNA in an organism's chromosomes may not carry information that is actually used by the organism.
No - haploid cells contain half the normal amount of chromosomes.Polyploid is the term used for a cell/organism with more than 2 sets of chromosomes.
The number of chromosomes of a species has little to do with the complexity of the organism or the amount of DNA. The reason for this is, chromosomes are known to break and form two or more new chromosomes, or fuse into one. The chromosomes of the potato and the potato lineage may have undergone many such changes, and the human lineage may have undergone a different series, resulting in the potato having more chromosomes.
No, humans are not polyploid. Humans typically have two sets of chromosomes, one set from each parent, making them diploid. Polyploidy is a condition where an organism has more than two sets of chromosomes.
No there isn't. Humans are much more complex than a fern, yet the Adder's Tongue Fern has 1262 chromosomes and a human has only 46. It also doesn't work the other way either (more complex organisms having less chromosomes) for fruit flies have 8 chromosomes and dogs have 78. Also, chimpanzees have the same number of chromosomes as potatoes and, surely, they are on different complexity levels.
It is certainly possible to have more than 46 as in Trisomy 21 (or down syndrom) where "one cell has two 21st chromosomes instead of one, so the resulting fertilized egg has three 21st chromosomes".