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What is haploid and diploid

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Diploid cells contain two complete sets (2n) of chromosomes. and Haploid cells have half the number of chromosomes (n) as diploid - i.e. a haploid cell contains only one complete set of chromosomes. ... In meiosis, diploid cells divide to producehaploid germ cells.

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