Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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Chapter 29 - Development and Inheritance - Figure 29.24 - Page 1121: 1

Answer

Human males and females have the same number of pairs autosomes. There are also the same number of sex chromosome per cell; that is, two. The male pair of sex chromosomes is different from the pair in male cells.

Work Step by Step

Normal female body cells have the pair X/X chromosomes in each nucleus. The nuclei of normal male body cells each has the sex chromosome pair X/Y.
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