haploid
/ˈhæp.lɔɪd/
noun
- A cell or organism that has a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
- The haploid can fuse with another haploid during fertilization to form a diploid.
- In the lab, researchers studied how haploids grow and divide.
- Each haploid carries only one copy of each gene.
adjective
- Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes (half the usual number), as in a gamete (egg or sperm) or a haploid organism.
- In humans, sperm and egg cells are haploid, each containing 23 chromosomes.
- Many fungi spend most of their life cycle in a haploid state.
- The scientist explained that haploid cells are produced through meiosis.
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