A NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that after the attacks NATO sent AWACS planes to patrol American skies and deployed a third of the troops in Afghanistan for more than a decade; more than 1,000 soldiers from non-U.S. NATO allies and partners were killed there, the official pointed out.
Cells in the human body have 46 chromosomes, including 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes (XX in females, XY in males). Because there are two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent, the cells are considered diploid.
Definition. noun, plural: sex chromosomes. A type of chromosome in the genome that is involved in the determination of the sex as well as the development of sexual characteristics in an organism. It occurs in pairs in somatic cells while singly in sex cells . Supplement