Combined Science GCSE
Haploid
What Haploid means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Gametes are haploid and contain one chromosome from each pair, so that fertilisation restores the diploid number.
Describes a gamete carrying 23 single chromosomes, so that fertilisation restores the diploid number.
Containing one chromosome from each homologous pair, so carrying one allele of each gene.
Topics that use Haploid
- Chromosomes (AQA GCSE)
- Genetic inheritance (AQA GCSE)
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