Chromosome Number

 

The human chromosome number is 46. Chromosomes come in pairs, there are 23 chromosome pairs. 1 chromosome pair is the sex gene, x/x or and x/y depending on male and female. There are 22 distinctive, non sex chromosomes. A chromosome consists of a single, very long DNA helix on which thousands of genes are encoded.


 

1 Chromosome - the largest human chromosome

2 Chromosome - the second largest human chromosome

3 Chromosome - Autism is related to this chromosome

4 Chromosome - related to Parkinson's Disease

5 Chromosome - one of the largest human chromosomes, yet has one of the lowest gene densities

6 Chromosome - plays a vital role in organ transplantation

7 Chromosome - related to Schizophrenia

8 Chromosome - 16% of this chromosome genes is involved in Cancer

9 Chromosome - represents 4.5 percent of the total DNA

10 Chromosome - spans about 135 million base pairs

11 Chromosome - It is one of the most disease-rich chromosomes

12 Chromosome - related to Narcolepsy

13 Chromosome - involved in Breast Cancer

14 Chromosome - contributor to Alzheimer Disease

15 Chromosome - has about 106 million base pairs

16 Chromosome - related to Crohn's Disease

17 Chromosome - has 81 million base pairs

18 Chromosome - Club Foot is related to this chromosome

19 Chromosome - has 63 million base pairs

20 Chromosome - was fully sequenced in 2001 and contained 59,187,298 base pairs

21 Chromosome - is the smallest human chromosome

22 Chromosome - was the first human chromosome to be fully sequenced.

23 Chromosome (sex chromosome)- Y Chromosome & X Chromosome

Chromosome Number in Animals

 

 

 

 

 

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