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haploid

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haploid Biology
1. (esp of gametes) having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
2. a haploid cell or organism

haploid [′ha‚plȯid]
(genetics)
Having half of the diploid or full complement of chromosomes, that is, one complete set, as in mature gametes.


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These results indicated maturation of the primordial germ cells to haploid male gametes - called IVD sperm - characterised by containing half a chromosome set (23 chromosomes).
5 QH605 Designed as a comprehensive reference for students and researchers in the fields of genetics, cell and developmental biology, reproductive biology and andrology, this volume covers recent advances in the study of meitosis, a type of cell division in which haploid cells are created from diploid cells.
It turns out with the haploid genomes, we missed most of human [genetic] variation," says Venter, who led the project to decode his own genome at the J.
 
 
 
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