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Are megasporocytes haploid or diploid?


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Haploid:

  1. Cells with a single set of chromosomes. This is represented by “n”
  2. Example- gametes (female & male germ cells) in humans.

Diploid:

  1. Cells with two complete sets of chromosomes. This is represented by “2n”.
  2. Example- Zygote, skin cells, blood cells, etc, in humans.

Megasporocytes:

  1. Also known as a megaspore mother cell which refers to the female gametophyte.
  2. It is a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to produce 4 haploid cells called megaspores.

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