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Travka [436]
3 years ago
10

Characteristics of human chromosomes

Biology
1 answer:
qaws [65]3 years ago
6 0
Chromosome is a threadlike structure present in nucleus .Chromosomes are composed of chromatin and carry the genes in a linear sequence; these determine the individual characteristics of an organism there are 23 pairs of chromosomes out of those one is different. In female it is XXY qnd in males it is xy
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