BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?message-squaremessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down113
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squareDeconceptualist@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·9 days agoAll humans have 46 chromosomes and as the most complex organisms that’s the highest number among all species.
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoI think due to genetic mutation that some humans have 45 and some have 47, but by and far the largest majority of humans have 46 chromosomes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneuploidy
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoIt’s the second half that makes it really false (although the first “all” is sufficient): there’s a single-cell animal with 16000 chromosomes.
minus-squareBranquinho@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThere are even humans with up to 49 chromosomes (XXXXY, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXXY_syndrome or XXXXX, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentasomy_X). Other combinations of multiple X and Y chromosomes are possible. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysomy
All humans have 46 chromosomes and as the most complex organisms that’s the highest number among all species.
I think due to genetic mutation that some humans have 45 and some have 47, but by and far the largest majority of humans have 46 chromosomes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneuploidy
It’s the second half that makes it really false (although the first “all” is sufficient): there’s a single-cell animal with 16000 chromosomes.
There are even humans with up to 49 chromosomes (XXXXY, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXXY_syndrome or XXXXX, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentasomy_X). Other combinations of multiple X and Y chromosomes are possible.
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysomy