Biology GCSE
Diploid and haploid
What Diploid and haploid means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Ordinary human body cells are diploid, containing 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes, while gametes are haploid, containing 23 single chromosomes.
Topics that use Diploid and haploid
- Sex determination (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Autosomes and sex chromosomes
- Gametes and fertilisation
- Haploid gametes and fertilisation
- Inheritance of sex
- Sex determination
- Genotype and phenotype
- Homologous chromosomes
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