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What do the chromosomes in your body contain thousands of?

Chromosomes in your body contain thousands of genes. Genes are segments of DNA that encode instructions for producing proteins, which are essential for various functions in the body. Each chromosome contains many genes that determine an individual's traits and characteristics.


What describes the relationship between the number of genes and the number of chromosomes in human skin cells?

There are more genes than chromosomes in skin cells.


How many genes do eukaryote chromosomes carry?

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.


What DNA does a fly have?

Flies have the same type of DNA as we do. Except their genes are not the same. We don't need genes to make wings but they do. . They have 8 chromosomes and humans have 46. And humans and flies have 60% the same genes.


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

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How many genes do humans has?

Thousands


What is the relationship between the genes and chromosomes?

There are thousands of genes in a chromosome.


How many genes are typically found in a chromosome?

Typically, a chromosome contains hundreds to thousands of genes.


What do the chromosomes in your body contain thousands of?

Chromosomes in your body contain thousands of genes. Genes are segments of DNA that encode instructions for producing proteins, which are essential for various functions in the body. Each chromosome contains many genes that determine an individual's traits and characteristics.


How many genes do chromosomes have?

Chromosomes contain thousands of genes. The exact number of genes on a chromosome can vary depending on the species. For example, humans have approximately 20,000-25,000 genes distributed among their 23 pairs of chromosomes.


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.


Approximately how many genes do humans has?

Humans have about 20, 000 to 25,000 genes.


Does a cell have only a few genes?

No, a cell can have thousands of genes. Genes contain the instructions for making proteins that carry out various functions within a cell. The interactions of these genes determine the cell's characteristics and behaviors.


What do microarrays allow scientists to do?

With a micro array , scientists can examine how active thousands of genes are.


Are chromosomes found on genes?

Chromosomes contain genes, which are the units of inheritance that carry genetic information. Genes are located on specific locations on chromosomes, known as gene loci. Each chromosome carries hundreds to thousands of genes that determine an individual's traits and characteristics.