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what do you mean by chromosome 1 ?

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Humans normally have 23 pairs of chromosomes in each cell i.e 46 chromosomes in total. The 22 pairs are autosomes and One pair is sex chromosome (XX in females and XY in males). The 22 pairs are numbered based on their size. Chromosome 1 is the largest human chromosome that consists of about 247 million DNA base pairs.


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