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Alika [10]
3 years ago
5

Each chromosome contains thousands of genes.What is a gene?

Biology
1 answer:
Leno4ka [110]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Genes are segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that contain the code for a specific protein that functions in one or more types of cells in the body. ... A chromosome contains hundreds to thousands of genes. Every normal human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes.

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