Haploid and diploid Flashcards
What are haploid?
Haploids are one full set of chromosomes
What are diploids
Diploids are two full sets of chromosomes
What type of cells are diploids?
Somatic
What type of cells are haploids
Egg and sperm
Why is cell division important?
total number of chromosomes and more growth and development
stages of cell life
interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
cells produced by mitosis are
diploids
what is the longest stage of cells
interphase
cells produced during mitosis
2
parent has 16 chromosomes how many will the daughter have after mitosis
16
in mitosis you begin with ___ and end with ___
diploid, haploid
how many cells are produced during meisosis and what aer they called
4 , haploid
parent has 16 chromosomes, how many daughter cells will have after meiosis
8
what cell is copied and occurs during meiosis
gametes haploid
advantage of sexual repoduction
genetic variety