Question

What is the importance of chromosomes in our body?

Answer 1

Chromosomes:

1. Chromosomes are the condensed form of chromatin material.
2. Chromatin material is visible as an entangled mass of threadlike structures.
3. Whenever the cell is about to divide, the chromatin material gets organized into chromosomes.
4. These are the genetic material present in all cells.
5. Chromosomes are made up of DNA and proteins

Importance of chromosomes:

1. These are the carrier of genes.
2. Genes contain all the information of organisms makes up.
3. Chromosomes allow DNA to be accurately copied during these cell divisions.
4. The organism's DNA is contained within the chromosome as a long series of nucleotides that are organized into genes and help to inherit the characters of parents to their offspring.
5. Chromosomes pass this information to the next generation, i.e. from parents to offspring.