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  2. Chromosome - Wikipedia

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    Certain genetic traits are linked to a person's sex and are passed on through the sex chromosomes. The autosomes contain the rest of the genetic hereditary information. All act in the same way during cell division. Human cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes (22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes), giving a total of 46 per cell.

  3. List of organisms by chromosome count - Wikipedia

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    10 autosomal and 2 allosomic (sex) chromosomes. Males have XY sex chromosomes and females have XX sex chromosomes. The sex chromosomes are the largest chromosomes and constitute 30% of the total length of the diploid set in females and about 25% in males. [19] [19] 18 Slime mold (Dictyostelium discoideum) 12 [20] 19 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus ...

  4. Human genome - Wikipedia

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    The human reference genome only includes one copy of each of the paired, homologous autosomes plus one copy of each of the two sex chromosomes (X and Y). The total amount of DNA in this reference genome is 3.1 billion base pairs (3.1 Gb).

  5. XYY syndrome - Wikipedia

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    There are 47 chromosomes, instead of the usual 46, giving a 47,XYY karyotype. [1] Treatment may include speech therapy or extra help with schoolwork, however outcomes are generally positive. [2] The condition occurs in about 1 in 1,000 male births. [1] Many people with the condition are unaware that they have it. [4]

  6. Sex differences in human physiology - Wikipedia

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    A human egg contains only one set of chromosomes (23) and is a haploid. Sperm also have only one set of 23 chromosomes and are therefore haploid. When an egg and sperm fuse at fertilization, the two sets of chromosomes come together to form a unique diploid individual with 46 chromosomes. [2]

  7. Human mitochondrial genetics - Wikipedia

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    Schematic karyogram showing the human genome, with 23 chromosome pairs, and the human mitochondrial genome to scale at bottom left (annotated "MT").Its genome is relatively tiny compared to the rest, and its copy number per human cell varies from 0 (erythrocytes) [1] up to 1,500,000 ().

  8. Sex chromosome - Wikipedia

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    Females therefore have 23 homologous chromosome pairs, while males have 22. The X and Y chromosomes have small regions of homology called pseudoautosomal regions. An X chromosome is always present as the 23rd chromosome in the ovum, while either an X or Y chromosome may be present in an individual sperm. [4]

  9. Homologous chromosome - Wikipedia

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    So, humans have two sets of 23 chromosomes in each cell that contains a nucleus. One set of 23 chromosomes (n) is from the mother (22 autosomes, 1 sex chromosome (X only)) and one set of 23 chromosomes (n) is from the father (22 autosomes, 1 sex chromosome (X or Y)). Ultimately, this means that humans are diploid (2n) organisms. [2]