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HeLa cells are known to have a triploid karyotype, which means they have three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two sets found in diploid cells. This results in HeLa cells having around 69-82 chromosomes.
Polyploids have more than two sets of chromosomes in their cells, which results from the duplication of the entire set of chromosomes. Examples include triploids (3 sets), tetraploids (4 sets), and hexaploids (6 sets).
Meiosis starts with one cell that has a diploid number of chromosomes, which means it has two sets of chromosomes.
Body cells typically have a diploid number of chromosomes, meaning they have two sets of chromosomes. Sex cells, or gametes, have a haploid number of chromosomes, meaning they have one set of chromosomes. This allows for the correct number of chromosomes to be restored upon fertilization.
When a cell has two sets of chromosomes, it is said to be diploid, not haploid. Haploid cells have one set of chromosomes. Diploid cells have two sets of chromosomes, one set inherited from each parent.
Haploid chromosomes are single sets of chromosomes found in the reproductive cells of an organism. In humans, haploid cells are created through the process of meiosis, where each parent donates one set of chromosomes to the offspring. Haploid cells have half the number of chromosomes as diploid cells, which contain two sets of chromosomes.
The daughter cells in meiosis have half the number of sets of chromosomes compared to the parent cell. This means that in humans, the daughter cells would have 23 pairs of chromosomes instead of the 46 pairs in the parent cell.
If a person has 10 diploid cells, they have 20 total sets of chromosomes. To calculate the number of haploid cells, divide the total number of chromosome sets by 2 (since haploid cells have half the number of chromosomes compared to diploid cells). Therefore, the person would have 10 haploid cells.
No, human cells are typically diploid, meaning they contain two sets of chromosomes. Octoploid organisms, such as certain plants, have eight sets of chromosomes in each cell.
Diploid cells are cells which contain 2 sets of chromosomes, which will later be divided into two sets of 23 chromosomes for each daughter cell. The total will come up to be 46 chromosomes. The other type of cell is a haploid. A haploid is a sex cell which contains 23 chromosomes. Later when the sperm enters the egg, or the egg meets the sperm the two sets of DNA (One from the sperm, and the other from the egg) will pair up to make another cell with 46 chromosomes. Different animals have different amounts of chromosomes. I have bases this answer on human cells.