How many chromosomes does a potato have

To understand what chromosomes are, you first have to understand what DNA is. Formally known as deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA is a complex molecule found in all plants and animals.

It's found in almost every cell of an organism's body, and it contains all the information necessary to keep that organism up and running (and developing and reproducing). DNA also is the primary way organisms pass on hereditary information.

In the process of reproduction, a portion of DNA is passed along from parent to offspring.

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In short, DNA is what tells the story of your totally unique biology.

As you can probably imagine, DNA has to be pretty long to hold all that important info. And it is — if you stretched the DNA in just one cell all the way to its full length, it would be about 6.5 feet (2 meters) long, and if you put the DNA in all your cells together, you'd have a chain about twice the diameter of the solar system.

Luckily, cells are pretty smart and have an ingenious way of packaging all that info into space-efficient parcels.

Enter: the chro

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