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diploid cell

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diploid cell: see meiosis meiosis , process of nuclear division in a living cell by which the number of chromosomes is reduced to half the original number. Meiosis occurs only in the process of gametogenesis, i.e., when the gametes, or sex cells (ovum and sperm), are being formed.
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The development begins, as we all know, with fertilization wherein the male gamete or sperm cell as well as the female gamete or the oocyte fuse actually gives rise to a diploid cell or the zygote.
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