Which Chromosome Number in Man Has Most Genes?

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Solution

Chromosome 1 has the most genes. There are 2968 genes present on chromosome number 1.
The Y chromosome has the least number of genes, i.e. 231.
Chromosome 1 is the designation for the largest human chromosome.
Humans have two copies of chromosome 1, as they do with all of the autosomes.
They are the non-sex chromosomes.

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