A: Human skin cells contain 46 chromosomes, or 23 chromosome pairs, and after mitosis, the two daughter cells also have 46 chromosomes. Mitosis is a cellular process that creates two identical daughter cells from one original cell. read more
Human skin cells are somatic cells, meaning they have the same number of chromosomes as all human non-sex cells - 46 (or 23 pairs). read more
There are 46 chromosomes (23 pairs) in a human body cell with the exception of the sex cells. One of each pair is inherited from the mother's egg, the other from the father's sperm. When the sperm and egg unite in fertilization, they create a single cell, or zygote, with 46 chromosomes. read more