AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Diploid is a term that refers to the presence of two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism’s cells, with each parent contributing a chromosome to each pair. Humans are diploid, and most of the body’s cells contain 23 chromosomes pairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -These paired chromosomes are called homologous chromosomes. Homologous chromosomes are the same size and shape. Homologous chromosomes contain the same genes. However, they may have different alleles, or versions, of those genes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. 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.