What do the term diploid and haploid mean?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Diploid refers to cells or organisms that have two sets of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent. Haploid refers to cells or organisms that have only one set of chromosomes. Diploid cells are common in most animals and plants, while haploid cells are typically found in reproductive cells like sperm and egg.

Answer 3

Haploid is having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. Diploid is containing two complete sets of chromosomes.

Answer 4

Haploid cell has half of the normal number of chromosomes the reproductive cell has. Diploid cell refers when the cells has two alleles of a gene.