Articles related to "Ploidy"

Humans are diploid organisms with two sets of homologous chromosomes, but we also contain haploid sex cells with one set and half the number.

Meiosis, a type of cell division, results in production of gametes (eggs & sperm). Genetically unique sex cells combine at fertilization to form one-of-a-kind offspring.

It all begins with the fusion of a haploid sperm cell provided by the father and the haploid ovum of the mother. Gametes unite when the nuclei of sperm and egg merge.

Oral Cancer has a high mortality rate, due to the usually late diagnosis of the problem. Options are discussed here.