AP BIOLOGY

CELL DIVISION

CELL DIVISION AND CANCEROUS CELLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Skin cells are ____
A
haploid
B
diploid
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Any cell with homologous chromosomes is said to be diploid. The diploid number of a cell is commonly abbreviated to 2n, where n is the number of chromosomes. Diploid cells are produced by mitosis and the daughter cells are exact replicas of the parent cell. Examples of diploid cells include skin cells and muscle cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Explanation: Skin cells are diploid (blood, skin, muscle cells, etc.) Sex cells (sperm, egg cells) are haploid cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -A cell containing two copies of each chromosome is referred to as a ‘diploid cell’; human somatic cells are diploid: they contain 46 chromosomes, 22 pairs of autosomes and a pair of sex chromosomes.

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