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The chromosome number only doubles when two haploid gametes form to produce a diploid zygote. Example: In humans, sperm cells and eggs have 23 chromosomes, the haploid number. Once they fuse, the number doubles to 46 chromosomes. You may be confusing this with chromosome replication. In chromosome replication, the number of chromosomes does not double, but the number of strands double. (A single stranded chromosome turns into a double stranded chromosome.) However, it is still considered a single chromosome, but with identical sister chromatids. This replication occurs during the S-phase of the cell cycle, before mitosis or meiosis.

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