Genes and Chromosomes

The haploid number of human chromosomes is

• 11
• 12
• 23
• 46

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The diploid number of human chromosomes is

• 23
• 46
• 92

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Histones are 

• proteins wound up in DNA
• critical to maintaining the shape of chromosomes
• aid in the tight packing of DNA
• all of these 

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Each identical side of a chromosome is the 

• centromere
• chromatin
• sister centriole

• sister chromatid

When DNA is in its less coiled, "relaxed," state, between cell divisions, it is called

• autosomes
• chromatid
• chromatin
• centromere

Autosomes are

• chromosomes found in autotrophs, only
• chromosomes that automatically correct all errors in the DNA
• chromosomes that determine traits other than sex
• chromosomes that determine the sex of the individual

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The structure that holds two chromosomes together until they separate for cell division is the

• chromatid
• chromatin
• centromere
• cytoplasm

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A _______ is a segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait.

• gene

• gamete

• chromosome

• chromatid

A _________ is DNA tightly coiled around proteins.

• gene

• chromosome

• trait

• mutation

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Cells that contain 2 sets of chromosomes are called _________ (2n).

• diploid

• haploid

• triploid

• polyploid

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