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Are human eggs haploid or diploid?


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Human eggs:

  1. Human eggs or ova are produced by the female reproductive organs, ovaries.
  2. The haploid cell contains a single set of chromosomes, whereas, a diploid cell contains two sets of chromosomes.
  3. Human eggs are haploid cells. They are produced by meiotic division and contain 23 chromosomes (n=23).
  4. All cells in the human body other than gametes are diploid cells.

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