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Can a haploid cell undergo meiosis?


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Haploid cell:

  1. A haploid cell has n number of chromosomes.
  2. Haploid cells are produced by the process of meiotic division.
  3. Meiosis is the cell division process in which a diploid cell (2n) produces two haploids (n) cells. So, the haploid cell cannot undergo further division. ‘n’ means the chromosome number.
  4. So, a haploid cell cannot undergo meiosis as the chromosome number gets half in meiosis.

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