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What is the longest human chromosome called?

  • Chromosome 1
  • Chromosome X
  • Chromosome 23

The answer is Chromosome 1. The largest by base pairs.

Chromosome 1

Chromosome 1 is the designation for the largest human chromosome. Humans have two copies of chromosome 1, as they do with all of the autosomes, which are the non-sex chromosomes. Chromosome 1 spans about 249 million nucleotide base pairs, which are the basic units of information for DNA. It represents about 8% of the total DNA in human cells.

Wikipedia · Chromosome 1