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What do you mean by diploid and haploid?

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When the male and female gametes fuse during fertilization and zygote formation, the chromosome number is restored to 2n again. Thus, diploid cells are those which contain a complete set (or 2n number) of chromosomes whereas haploid cells are those that have half the number of chromosomes (or n) in the nucleus.

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