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diploid cell- In an organism that reproduses sexually, a cell containing two homologous sets of chromosomes, one set of inherited from each parent; a 2n cell

haploid cell- In the life cycle of an organism that reproduces sexually, a cell containing a single set of chromosomes; an n cell

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