AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Gametes are haploid
A
True
B
False
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In haploid parents (n), the only mitosis can occur to produce gametes, which maintains the equal number of chromosomes. While a diploid parent produces gametes (i.e. haploid gametes) by meiosis. so the given statement is true.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since gametes are haploid, this means they contain half of the total number of chromosomes in a somatic cell. In humans, this means that each gamete contains 23 chromosomes, as somatic cells (cells of the body other than gametes) contain 46 (23 pairs).

Detailed explanation-3: -Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome. These reproductive cells are produced through a type of cell division called meiosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Humans are diploid, and most of the body’s cells contain 23 chromosomes pairs. Human gametes (egg and sperm cells), however, contain a single set of chromosomes and are said to be haploid.

Detailed explanation-5: -The nuclei re-form, and new nuclear membranes develop. This process results in four new cells, or gametes. Each gamete contains only one chromosome from each homologous pair. This makes the cell haploid, meaning that it has half the chromosome number of the original diploid cell.

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