Question

Zygote is______. (diploid/haploid)

Answer 1

Zygote:

1. A zygote is a fertilized egg cell that is produced when a male and a female gamete (egg, or ovum) combine to form one (sperm).
2. In the embryonic development of humans and other animals, the zygote stage is brief and is followed by cleavage, when the single cell divides into smaller cells.
3. Haploid refers to a cell having just one pair of chromosomes.
4. Haploid is another word for the number of chromosomes in sperm or egg cells, which are frequently referred to as gametes.
5. Half of the chromosomes found in somatic cells, or the body's typical diploid cells, are found in gametes.
6. Meiosis, a type of cell division that cuts the number of chromosomes in a parent diploid cell in half, produces haploid gametes.
7. A cell that has two copies of each chromosome is referred to as a diploid.
8. Hence, a Zygote is diploid.
9. Each chromosome is present in two homologous, or comparable, copies in almost all human body cells.
10. Due to the presence of both of its parents' genes, the zygote is diploid (carrying two sets of chromosomes).
11. All organisms, except bacteria, reproduce sexually, and a common characteristic of this process is the combining of haploid gametes to create a diploid zygote.
12. The haploid gametes of both sexes have an equal number of chromosomes.
13. They combine during fertilization to create a diploid embryo.
    
    

Final answer: Zygote is diploid.