What does Haploid mean?

Haploid is some type of cellular structure which only consists of gametes, that means of eggs and spermatozoa.

A haploid cell means that it has half as many chromosomes as the rest of the somatic cells that make up the body, which are diploid.

While a diploid cell has a total of 46 chromosomes (normal endowment of the human species), a haploid cell has 23 chromosomes. This is achieved with the type of cell division known as meiosis and that serves so that, once fertilization between an egg and a sperm takes place, the normal chromosome endowment is again restored in the embryo that is going to develop.

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Zaira Salvador

B.Sc., M.Sc.

Embryologist

Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). Biotechnology Degree from the National University of Ireland en Galway (NUIG) and embryologist specializing in Assisted Reproduction, with a Master's Degree in Biotechnology of Human Reproduction from the University of Valencia (UV) and the Valencian Infertility Institute (IVI) More information about Zaira Salvador

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