AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Haploid describes a cell that contains a single set of chromosomes. The term haploid can also refer to the number of chromosomes in egg or sperm cells, which are also called gametes. In humans, gametes are haploid cells that contain 23 chromosomes, each of which a one of a chromosome pair that exists in diplod cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Meiosis: Meiosis is a type of cell division that is also called as reduction cell division. The process results in four daughter cells that are haploid, which means they contain half the number of chromosomes of the diploid parent cell. The number of chromosomes in human cells are 46.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term haploidy refers to the state of having half of the set of chromosomes. Haploid cells (e.g. gametes) are given a symbol n to indicate that they have only half of the chromosomal set of a somatic cell, i.e. any of the cells in the body of a multicellular organism but excluding the germ cells and the sex cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -The only exceptions are reproductive (egg and sperm) cells, known as ‘haploid’ cells because they contain a single set of 23 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Every cell in the human body contains 23 pairs of such chromosomes; our diploid number is therefore 46, our ‘haploid’ number 23.