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Human cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes. How many combinations of chromosomes can result in an effort to maintain genetic diversity?

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There are 8,324,608 possible combinations of 23 chromosome pairs. As a result, two gametes virtually never have exactly the same combination of chromosomes. Each chromosome contains dozens to thousands of different genes.

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