What is the similarity of the chromosome set of women and men? What are the differences in chromosome sets?
June 28, 2020 | Education
| Normally, a human karyotype includes 46 chromosomes of the diploid set, or 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes; of these, 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes – XX (in women) and XY (in men). Thus, in humans, the female body is homogametic, and the male is heterotametic.
