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The diploid number is the total number of chromosomes found in the autosomes, or non-gamete cells of an organism. The diploid number includes both chromosomes of each homologous pair. Gametes, on the other hand, carry only one chromosome from each homologous pair; they are haploid rather than diploid. Gametes therefore carry half the number of chromosomes that autosomes do.

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What is the symbol for diploid and haploid?

the symbol for the haploid cell is "n" while the diploid cell is "2n" DIpliod-- 2 HAPliod--1


Why meiosis carry only 23 chromosomes number?

Meiosis results in cells with 23 chromosomes because it involves two rounds of cell division. During the first division, the chromosome number is halved from the original 46 to 23, ensuring that when the cells fuse during fertilization, the resulting offspring maintains the correct number of chromosomes. This reduction in chromosome number helps to create genetic diversity in offspring.


What does dipliod mean?

The word diploid means having 2 of something. In the case of cells containing DNA in the form of chromosomes, it would mean a set of 2 chromosomes instead of one. The only place that you would find only one set would be in the gametes (sperm or egg).


What is the difference between mass number and atomic number?

The mass number is the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus, while the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus. The mass number determines the atom's mass, while the atomic number determines the element's identity on the periodic table.


The atomic number is the same as the number of these particles?

In any atom, the number of protons will equal the number of electrons, but only in a neutral atom. Remember that most atoms loan, borrow or share electrons, so the number of protons will not be equal to the number of electrons in all cases. In review, only in a neutral atom will the number of protons equal the number of electrons.

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After fertilization an egg is a hapliod or dipliod?

diploid


What is the diffence from a dipliod and a hapliod cell?

Dipliod is a cell with one gene from the mom and one from the dad. A hapliod cell is either one gene from the mom or one from the dad.


Does anaphase 2 create a dipliod or a haploid cell?

Haploid


What is the process in which four hapliod daughter cells from one dipliod cell?

Meiosis. This is how the sex cells (sperm and eggs) are formed.


Give three characteristics of the Plant Kingdom'?

eukarioticphotosyntheticmulticellularasexually reproducinglife history involves an alternation of a halpliod phase ( Gametophyte ) with a dipliod phase.


What is the symbol for diploid and haploid?

the symbol for the haploid cell is "n" while the diploid cell is "2n" DIpliod-- 2 HAPliod--1


How does the chromosome number in a diploid cell differ from the chromosome number in a haploid cell?

A diploid cell contains two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent, while a haploid cell contains only one set of chromosomes. In humans, a diploid cell has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), whereas a haploid cell has 23 chromosomes.


What is the main diffrience between mitosis and meioses?

in mitosis a cell divides in 2daughter cell have same num.of chromosome as parent but in meisos one dipliod (pair of chromosome) divides in 4haploid daughter cells (not in pair)


Why meiosis carry only 23 chromosomes number?

Meiosis results in cells with 23 chromosomes because it involves two rounds of cell division. During the first division, the chromosome number is halved from the original 46 to 23, ensuring that when the cells fuse during fertilization, the resulting offspring maintains the correct number of chromosomes. This reduction in chromosome number helps to create genetic diversity in offspring.


In moss the green leafy stuff is haploid or dipliod?

In moss, the green leafy stuff is haploid. Mosses have a life cycle that alternates between a haploid gametophyte stage (the leafy green structure) and a diploid sporophyte stage.


What two things must happen to the sperm before it can fertilize an egg?

Well first the sperm has to be made by meiosis. Then it has to get to the egg and enter it [If you catch my drift.] Then after that the nucleus of both the sperm and the egg disappear and the chromosomes of both join together and a new nucleus forms. This creates a new dipliod cell, or a new organism in other words.


What is dipliod chromosomes?

Diploid chromosomes are complete, paired sets of chromosomes found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, with one set inherited from each parent. In humans, the diploid chromosome number is 46. This allows for genetic diversity and ensures that each cell contains a full complement of genetic information.