Chapter 7 Flashcards
A full linear (string) double-stranded DNA molecule is called a
Chromosome
DNA + structural proteins is a
Chromatin
A fully condensed chromosome is a
Chromatid
The theory that genes are located on chromosomes
The Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance
The number of chromosomes you inherit from each parent is the __________ number (n).
haploid
The ______ number is the number of chromosomes in most cells of an animal.
diploid
Animals usually have ____ sets of chromosomes, one set from their mother, and one set from their father.
2
Human haploid number: n = ____
n=23
Human diploid number: 2n = ____
2n=46
_____________ are chromosomes involved in sex determination.
Sex chromosomes
_________ are all other chromosomes.
Autosomes
Human have _____ pairs of autosomes.
22
Humans have ___ pair of sex chromosomes.
1
Humans have _____ pairs (46 individual chromosomes)
23
As an adult we have most diploid cells.
True
