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What is haploidy?
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Haploidy is simply the number of sets of chromosomes possessed by an organism's gametes.
Haploidy is not synonymous with monoploidy. However, the haploid gametes produced by (most) diploid organisms are monoploid, and these can combine to form a diploid zygote. |
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What is diploidy?
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Diploidy refers to the presence of two full sets of chromosomes within a cell.
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What is ploidy?
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Ploidy refers to the number of sets of chromosomes in a cell.
Diploid cells have 2 sets of each chromosome. Monoploif cells have only 1 set of chromosomes. |
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What are gametes?
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A gamete (from Ancient Greek γαμέτης gametes "husband" / γαμετή gamete "wife") is a cell that fuses with another cell during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually.
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