Basic questions on chromosones and DNA

[2.7182818284590...]

In our cells we have 23 pairs of chromosones - or 46 chromosones.

Each chromosone is a DNA wrapped with histones (i.e. proteins), and
looped around. Here are my questions:

1. Does this imply that each cell in the human body has 46 molecules
of DNA?
2. Why aren't all 46 of our chromosones equal, since they all seem to
be a DNA wrapped with proteins?
3. Why do biologists state that we have "23 pairs" and not "46
chromosones"?

[John Gentile]

On 2009-12-07 16:32:19 -0500, "2.7182818284590..."
<tange...@gmail.com> said:

These answers can be found in your biology text. No one here is about
to do your homework for you.

--
John Gentile MS, M(ASCP)
Laboratory Information Mgr.
VA Medical Center
Providence, RI
yjg...@cox.net

[2.7182818284590...]

On Dec 7, 8:10 pm, John Gentile <yjg...@nospamcox.net> wrote:
> On 2009-12-07 16:32:19 -0500, "2.7182818284590..."

You're an idiot.

[Bradley K. Sherman]

In article <e5374eea-8cfb-44eb...@m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,

2.7182818284590... <tange...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > In our cells we have 23 pairs of chromosones - or 46 chromosones.
>>

If you check the index for "chromosome", I think you will
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have better luck.

HTH,
--bks

[Larry Farrell]

What, just because he pointed out that no one here is going to do your
homework for you? Get serious!! No is obligated to even give you a
response, let alone do your work.

Thanks, John, for taking the position I have so often taken in the past
but have recently not even addressed because it has often resulted in
folks other than the original poster taking issue with it. I see
nothing wrong with pointing out that folks should do their own work
instead of expecting others in Usenet to do it for them, particularly
when the information is basic, easily found in basic texts and probably
would be evident if the poster would do his/her homework, and when the
explanation would require considerable effort on the part of a responder
to put the information in an understandable context (which would be done
as a matter of course in a text but would require effort in a
stand-alone post).

--
Larry D. Farrell, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology
Idaho State University

[John Gentile]

Thanks Larry,
I figured that to answer this would take about 50 to 100 pgs of text,
but then to reduce it down to something he might understand would be a
real task!
Yeah, so I'm an idiot - but I've done my homework, college and
post-grad. No one did my work for me.