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Yes. A gamete cell is a sex cell that has one set of chromosomes which equal 23. A gamete cell is a haploid cell. A somatic cell is a non-sex cell that has two sets of chromosomes that equal 46. A somatic cell is a diploid cell. For a haploid cell to become a diploid, two haploid cells must join together, which makes 46 chromosomes (23+23=46)p. This can be done through the reproductive process in humans. To create a baby, the egg from the mother and the sperm from the father join together to make a zygote, fertilized egg (baby), with two sets of chromosomes from both parents.

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Why should the gametes be haploid when the new organism will be diploid?

Gametes need to be haploid because when they fertilize and combine during sexual reproduction, they restore the full complement of chromosomes (diploid) in the zygote. This ensures that the offspring will have the correct number of chromosomes for proper development.


What process occurs when haploid cells come together to form a diploid cell?

The process that occurs when haploid cells come together to form a diploid cell is called fertilization. During fertilization, the haploid egg cell and haploid sperm cell fuse to form a zygote, which is a diploid cell that will develop into a new organism.


What produces hapliods?

Haploids are produced through the process of meiosis, which involves the division of diploid cells to form haploid gametes (sperm and egg cells). During meiosis, a diploid cell undergoes two rounds of division to produce four haploid daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes.


How do yeast sometimes reproduce sexually?

Only haploid yeast cells are able to conduct sexual reproduction. When they do, the haploid cells are usually not the same gender. Before joining with the opposite type of haploid yeast cell, each cell undergoes a process called shmooing in which it becomes longer and thinner in preparation for the joining. The shmooing cells then fuse and join their nuclei together to create a diploid. The new diploid then begins to bud and form a colony of diploid yeast cells.Sexual reproduction continues with the diploid cell returning to a haploid state when the environmental conditions become hostile. Cells that already exist as haploids tend to die off when environmental conditions are unfavorable, but diploid cells undergo meiosis and subsequently divide into four daughter haploid spores in poor environmental conditions. Spores are inert cells that are able to tolerate adverse conditions much better than active cells. When the environmental conditions become favorable again, the spores begin to resume normal life cycle activities, either continuing to exist as haploids or joining with other haploids to create new diploid colonies.


Why must gametes be haploids?

It must join with the other gamete to form a diploid number of chromosomes. If it had a diploid number to begin with, the result would be twice the normal amount of chromosomes. A normal cell had "2n" number of chromosomes, and each gametes have "n". If they had "2n" to begin with, the resulting zygote would have "4n", which is clearly not normal in human genome.


How does the haploid form of Ulva switch to its diploid form?

The haploid form of Ulva switches to its diploid form through a process called conjugation. During conjugation, two haploid individuals come into close contact and exchange genetic material, resulting in the formation of diploid zygotes. These zygotes then develop into the diploid form of Ulva.


What is the plant diploid form called?

A sporophyte is the diploid form and a gametophyte is haploid form.


Is the dominant form of the lily haploid or diploid?

Diploid


In plant what is the diploid form called?

In plants, what is the diploid form called?


Why is meiosis important sexual reproduction?

Meiosis produces diverse haploid cells that combine during sexual reproduction, ideal for the theory of natural selection. It ensures that reduction division occurs so that when the gametes (haploids) form a zygote (diploid) it ends up having the original 46 chromosomes.


What comes after haploid cells in meiosis?

the process of meiosis is completed after 4 haploid cells are made. It starts with (i believe) 1 diploid cell that divides into 2 diploids, then it splits and makes 4 haploid cells. then another diploid cell is required to make more haploids (again, i believe)


When a female cell reproduces gametes how many haploids form?

When a female cell reproduces gametes, it forms one haploid gamete during each round of cell division. So from one diploid cell, two haploid gametes are produced after meiosis.