( ( ( The ( total number ) ) ( of ( chromosomes ( in ( the ( human genome ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ( comprises ( ( ( 23 ( in ( ( a ( gametic ( reproductive cell ) ) ) ( -LRB- ( ( ( egg , ) sperm ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) and ) ( 46 ( in ( ( a ( somatic ( or ( body cell ) ) ) ) ( -LRB- ( ( 23 ( from ( each parent ) ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ total) (NN number)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS chromosomes)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ human) (NN genome)))))) (VP (VBZ comprises) (NP (NP (NP (CD 23)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ gametic) (JJ reproductive) (NN cell)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (NN egg)) (, ,) (NP (NN sperm))) (-RRB- -RRB-))))) (CC and) (NP (NP (CD 46)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN somatic) (CC or) (NN body) (NN cell)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (CD 23)) (PP (IN from) (NP (DT each) (NN parent)))) (-RRB- -RRB-))))))) (. .)))
The total number of chromosomes in the human genome comprises 23 in a gametic reproductive cell (egg, sperm) and 46 in a somatic or body cell (23 from each parent).
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (JJ Other)) (PP (IN than) (NP (NP (NNS gametes)) (, ,) (NP (JJ normal) (JJ human) (NNS cells))))) (VP (VBP have) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN total)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (CD 46) (NNS chromosomes)) (PP (IN per) (NP (NN cell))))))) (. .)))
Other than gametes, normal human cells have a total of 46 chromosomes per cell.