haploid
Single chromosome set
Haploid describes a cell or organism with only one complete set of chromosomes—half the genetic material of a normal body cell.
In humans, egg and sperm cells are haploid, each carrying 23 chromosomes that combine during fertilization to create a diploid cell with the full 46.
Haploid cells are essential for sexual reproduction.
Haploid reproductive generation
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- pollen grainPlant reproductive particle
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
yeast · drone bee · algae · liverwort · hornwort · megaspore · thallus · mycelium
Gamete-producing cell division
- gameteHaploid reproductive cell
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- gametophyteHaploid reproductive generation
- tetradGroup of four units
recombination · segregation · bivalent · synapsis · chiasma · equational · oocyte · megasporocyte
Male reproductive cell
- eggReproductive cell in shell
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- oocyteUndeveloped female gamete
fertilization · zygote · anther · ovule · spermatogenesis · oogenesis · germline
Haploid reproductive generation
- gameticOf reproductive cells
- life cycleOrganism's full developmental sequence
- generationAge-defined peer group
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
Having no counterpart
- karyotypeOrganized chromosome display
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- polyploidMultiple complete chromosome sets
triploid · tetraploid · chromosome number · dosage · gene expression · X chromosome · Y chromosome
gametophyte
Haploid reproductive generation
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- pollen grainPlant reproductive particle
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
fungi · yeast · drone bee · algae · liverwort · hornwort · megaspore · thallus · mycelium
meiosis
Gamete-producing cell division
- gameteHaploid reproductive cell
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- gametophyteHaploid reproductive generation
tetrad · recombination · segregation · bivalent · synapsis · chiasma · equational · oocyte · megasporocyte
sperm
Male reproductive cell
oocyte · fertilization · zygote · anther · ovule · spermatogenesis · oogenesis · germline
gametophyte
Haploid reproductive generation
- gameticOf reproductive cells
- life cycleOrganism's full developmental sequence
- generationAge-defined peer group
unpaired
Having no counterpart
- karyotypeOrganized chromosome display
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- alleleGene variant at one locus
polyploid · triploid · tetraploid · chromosome number · dosage · gene expression · X chromosome · Y chromosome
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- cell termscellular, cytoplasmic, nuclear, mitotic, eukaryotic
- ploidypolyploid, triploid, tetraploid, diploidy, tetraploidy
- sex biologybiological sex, sex chromosomes, Y chromosome, XY, sex determination
- Genetic Traitshair color, dark hair, skin color, dimples, blood type