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A single complete set of chromosomes is called a haploid set of chromosomes. It is generally represented by the letter N.
In humans for example, there are a total of 46 chromosomes per somatic cell. Since there are two copies of each chromosome. the 2N number for human is 46 and N = 23.
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If only a single member of a pair of chromosomes is present in a cell equals?
The cell is said to be haploid.
How is a haploid represented?
a diploid cell is represented by 2n meaning that the cell has twice the number of chromosomes.
Sex cells called have only one set of chromosomes?
A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes is a gamete. A haploid is an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.
What is meant by a haploid Cell?
A sex cell that has only half ("ha" = half) one set of chromosomes. Once this cell were to join with the other haploid cell (either an egg or sperm, dependant on what the original haploid cell was) and fertilisation was to occur it would then become a diploid cell ("d" = double)
Why sperm cell and ovum contain 23 single chromosomes?
A daughter cell with only 23 chromosomes is called a haploid cell; these are the gametes (sex cells) which are produced during meiosis (note: this is not the same as mitosis). When a sperm & an ovum fuse at conception, the result is a single cell called a zygote, which now has 46 chromosomes - and is therefore a diploid cell.
What is a cell containing a single set of chromosomes and therefore only single set of genes is?
What contains only a single set of chomosomes?
What do the term diploid and haploid mean?
Diploid: term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes.Haploid: term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes.
Human cell contains how many chromosomes?
Every single cell, regardless of being human or not, contains chromosomes, but only when dividing or reproducing. It cells' normal state, their DNA is not wound up in chromosomes, but freely floating around the nucleus.
Are gemetes diploid or haploid?
Gametes are haploid cells because they only contain half of the chromosomes of a diploid cell. For example, a human somatic (diploid) cell contains 46 chromosomes. Therefore, a haploid cell contains 23 chromosomes.
If only a single member of a pair of chromosomes is present in a cell equals?
The cell is said to be haploid.
If only a single member of a pair of chromosomes is present in a cell it is a condition and is most likely a cell.?
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What is the name of cell that contains 23 chromosomes and is only found in males?
I assume you are referring to humans. The cell is a sperm, or spermatozoan.
How many chromosomes do earthworms have?
Each body cell in an earthworm contains 36 chromosomes.
How is a haploid represented?
a diploid cell is represented by 2n meaning that the cell has twice the number of chromosomes.
What portion of the sperm cell contains the 23 chromosomes?
Like all other cell types, chromosomes are found in nucleus only(head of the sperm). But the human sperm cell is haploid, so that its 23 chromosomes can join the 23 chromosomes of the female egg to form a diploid cell during fertilization.
Which cell contains only one cell chromosomes?
Gametes (sperm and eggs) contain only one sex chromosome.
Sex cells called have only one set of chromosomes?
A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes is a gamete. A haploid is an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.
