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The human chr...

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The human chromosome with the highest and least number of genes in them are respectively

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Chromosome 21 and Y

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Chromosome 1 and X

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Chromosome 1 and Y

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Chromosome X and Y

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Solution

The correct option is B Chromosome 1 and Y
Chromosome 1 has 2968 genes (maximum) while Y-chromosome has 231 genes (minimum).

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