
Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, Custom edition for Houston Community College Northwest, Volume 1, Includes student access code card
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Author: Martini, Nath, Bartholomew
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 8RQ
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Somatic cells in humans are the body cells (non-sex cells) such as skin cell, blood cells, and muscle cells and the “sex cells are the gametes”. Humans contain 23 pairs of chromosomes in total, of which “22 pairs are of autosomes” and “1 pair of chromosomes is of the sex chromosome”.
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Chapter 3 Solutions
Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, Custom edition for Houston Community College Northwest, Volume 1, Includes student access code card
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