Question

what is meant by chromosome

Answer 1

a chromosome is a strand of DNA that is encoded with jeans in most cells humans have 22 pair of these chromosomes + the two sex chromosomes XX in females and xy in males for a total of 46 the word chromosome was originally coined in German from the Greek word, meaning colour of Soma meaning buddy

Answer 2

Chromosomes are thread like structures found in nucleus and are responsible for the inheritance of characters