Chromosomes
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Every cell in your body (except mature red blood cells) – there are about 50 trillion in an adult – contains copies of your DNA, which are coiled up tightly to form 46 separate bundles called
chromosomes
.
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He had XX chromosomes, and in the womb, his adrenal glands were in such high gear that it created, essentially, a masculine hormonal environment.
Some people who have XX
chromosomes
develop what are called ovotestis, which is when you have ovarian tissue with testicular tissue wrapped around it.
In practice they don't test people for their
chromosomes.
But before doing that, I just briefly want to remind you about what you already know: that our genomes, our genetic material, are stored in almost all cells in our bodies in
chromosomes
in the form of DNA, which is this famous double-helical molecule.
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