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What do you mean by chromosomes.....?​

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Answer: Chromosomes are threadlike structures made of protein and a single molecule of DNA that serve to carry the genomic information from cell to cell. In plants and animals (including humans), chromosomes reside in the nucleus of cells.

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it houses or contains genes while gene is the basic unit of heredity. There are 46 number of chromosomes in human beings and 23 pairs of chromosomes and if you add 23 plus 23 that gives you 46

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