CBSE Class 10 Science 2022 Outside Delhi Term II Set 2

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Sex of, an individual is determined by different factors in various species. Some animals rely entirely on the environmental cues, while in some other animals the individuals can change their sex during their life time indicating that sex of some species is not genetically determined. However, in human beings, the sex of an individual is largely determined genetically.
(b) Write the number of chromosomes present in human beings apart from sex chromosomes. Which of the parent has a mismatched pair of sex chromosomes?
Solution:  
There are 22 pairs ( 44 chromosomes) of chromosomes present in humans apart from sex chromosomes.
In total there are 23 pairs of chromosomes in cells of human beings. Out of 23 pairs, 1 pair consists of sex chromosomes and 22 pairs are autosomes.
In males, sex chromosomes are known as mismatched pairs because they have one normal size called X and other is short in size called a Y chromosome.
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