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Can a person have more or less than 23 chromosomes?

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A normal person have 23 pairs of chromosomes i.e. 46 chromosomes. More or less than 23 pairs of chromosomes occurs under abnormal conditions such as Down syndrome (47 chromosomes), Turner syndrome (45 chromosomes) etc.

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