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Gametes are haploid.
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Meiosis produces four haploid cells after Telophase II and cytokinesis.
But he/she is right. Gametes are haploid cells.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoHaploid means that a cell contains only one copy of a chromosome. The typical human cell is diploid, meaning we contain two copies of each chromosome. A gamete is a sex cell. Meiosis takes the two copies of a person's chromosome, duplicates them to make four total copies, and then divides twice, resulting in four daughter cells that each contain only one copy of a chromosome.
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∙ 13y agoa parent cell divides into 2 and each daughter cell contains half of the genetic information of the parent cell.
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∙ 12y agosameer cells needed
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Do the sex cells produced by meiosis have twice the number of chromosomes as the parents cells?
The number of chromosomes in a parent cell changes depending on the species.
Is a zygote a haploid cell or a diploid?
No, a zygote is a diploid because it has the full number of 46 (23pairs) of chromosomes. Two gametes one from the male one from the female meet to form a zygote. gametes = haploid everything else = diploid
What does the term haploid mean?
The haploid number (n) is the number of chromosomes in a gamete of an individual. This is distinct from the monoploid number (x), which is the number of unique chromosomes in a single complete set. Gametes (sperm, and ova) are haploid cells. The haploid gametes produced by (most) diploid organisms are monoploid, and these can combine to form a diploid zygote. For example, most animals are diploid and produce monoploid gametes.
An organism that reproduces sexually has a diploid number of 30 How many chromosomes will a gamete of this organism have?
A gamete has half the diploid number of chromosomes, so in this case, the gamete would have 15 chromosomes.
How are meiosis and mitosis alike and different?
Mitosis and meiosis are alike in that they both are a kind of cell division. They are different in that mitosis produces two cells identical to the original, while meiosis produces cells that only have half the chromosomes of the original. Meiosis ends up with haploid cells, while mitosis end up with diploid cells.
Do the sex cells produced by meiosis have twice the number of chromosomes as the parents cells?
The number of chromosomes in a parent cell changes depending on the species.
Is a zygote a haploid cell or a diploid?
No, a zygote is a diploid because it has the full number of 46 (23pairs) of chromosomes. Two gametes one from the male one from the female meet to form a zygote. gametes = haploid everything else = diploid
What is alternation of generations mean?
In most plants meiosis and fertilization divide the life of the organism into two distinct phases or "generations". * The gametophyte generation begins with a spore produced by meiosis. The spore is haploid, and all the cells derived from it (by mitosis) are also haploid. In due course, this multicellular structure produces gametes - by mitosis - and sexual reproduction then produces the diploid sporophyte generation. * The sporophyte generation thus starts with a zygote. Its cells contain the diploid number of chromosomes. Eventually, though, certain cells will undergo meiosis, forming spores and starting a new gametophyte generation. Two points revealed by plant life cycles: * Mitosis can occur in haploid cells as well as diploid ones. * A haploid set of chromosomes, and hence a single set of genes (one genome), is sufficient to control cell function in these organisms (but not in most animals). In fact, the gametophyte generation is the major stage in the life of mosses and an independent plant in ferns.
Does meiosis produce incomplete cells each with only half the genetic code?
If by incomplete you mean haploid, then yes.
What does the term haploid mean?
The haploid number (n) is the number of chromosomes in a gamete of an individual. This is distinct from the monoploid number (x), which is the number of unique chromosomes in a single complete set. Gametes (sperm, and ova) are haploid cells. The haploid gametes produced by (most) diploid organisms are monoploid, and these can combine to form a diploid zygote. For example, most animals are diploid and produce monoploid gametes.
An organism that reproduces sexually has a diploid number of 30 How many chromosomes will a gamete of this organism have?
A gamete has half the diploid number of chromosomes, so in this case, the gamete would have 15 chromosomes.
What does gametophyte dominated mean?
Plants have an alternation of generations when they are in the gametophyte stage or the sporophyte stage. Gametes, which is haploid, or spores, which are diploid. Seedless vascular plants can be dominated by a haploid gametophyte stage where they are most of the time.
How are meiosis and mitosis alike and different?
Mitosis and meiosis are alike in that they both are a kind of cell division. They are different in that mitosis produces two cells identical to the original, while meiosis produces cells that only have half the chromosomes of the original. Meiosis ends up with haploid cells, while mitosis end up with diploid cells.
Which cell has single set of chromosomes?
I'm assuming you mean 46 chromosomes. This is all cells. All cells have 46 chromosomes (the diploid number). Only gametes (sex cells, ie sperm and egg) have 23 chromosomes (sperm and egg meet to make a cell with 46 chromosomes). Cells dividing my meiosis (to produce gametes) have 92 chromosomes as they double up so they can half to get 2 cells with 46 chromosomes when they divide and therefore can produce the games with he haploid number (23)
What does it mean when you say 'The sperm and egg are Hapliod cells'?
haploid means only one set of chromosomes that is one chromosomes is present only one time sperm and egg are haploid means that their nucleus have only one set of chromosomes remember that gametes are always HAPLOID therefore egg and sperm are haploid
What does meiosis mean?
Greek for " cut in half, " which is what meiosis actually does to chromosome number.Meiosisis a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes. The cells produced by meiosis are gametes or spores. In many organisms, including all animals and land plants (but not some other groups such as fungi), gametes are called sperm and egg cells.
what type of cell division is a process of sexual reproduction?
Both types: Meiosis for the production of gametes (sperm and ovum) and also Mitosis for it to be successful - when the fertilized egg cell starts to grow and divide... But mainly Meiosis
