HAPLOID AND DIPLOID Flashcards
1
Q
What are male and female sex cells known as?
A
Gametes
2
Q
What are gametes?
A
Male and female sex cells they are also haploid cells meaning the contain 1 set of chromosomes (23).
3
Q
What are haploid cells?
A
Cells that contain one set of chromosomes (23).
4
Q
What do two gamete fuse during and what do they form?
A
Fertilisation and the form a zygote.
5
Q
What are zygotes?
A
Zygotes are diploid cells meaning they contain 2 sets of chromosomes (46).
6
Q
What are diploid cells?
A
Cells that contain 2 sets of chromosomes (46).
