What is the normal number of autosomal chromosomes for humans?
A. 42
B. 44
C. 46
D. 48
B
Humans have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs). One pair, the sex chromosomes, codes for the sexual differentiation and development of the individual. The other 22 pairs (44 chromosomes) code for everything other than sexual differentiation and are known as autosomes.
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