haploid

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Introduction

The number of chromosomes in germ cells (spermatozoa, oocyte). This is 1/2 the number in somatic (diploid) cells. In humans, it is 23.

References

  1. ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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