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How many pairs of chromosomes are there in human beings ?

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23 pairs, In humans, each cell normally contains23 pairsof chromosomes(a total of46).Twenty-twoof these pairs, called autosomes, look the same in both males and females. The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differ between males and females.

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