<P> The work took place in 1955 , and was published in 1956 . The karyotype of humans includes only 46 chromosomes . Rather interestingly , the great apes have 48 chromosomes . Human chromosome 2 is now known to be a result of an end - to - end fusion of two ancestral ape chromosomes . </P>
<P> The work took place in 1955 , and was published in 1956 . The karyotype of humans includes only 46 chromosomes . Rather interestingly , the great apes have 48 chromosomes . Human chromosome 2 is now known to be a result of an end - to - end fusion of two ancestral ape chromosomes . </P>
how many chromosomes are in a human karyotype
how many chromosomes are in a human karyotype
46
46