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(C) Haploid<br />

• Also known as monoploid<br />

• Represented by: n<br />

• The gametes contain half the number of<br />

chromosomes<br />

• Remember, gametes are sex cells that<br />

combine to form new offspring. Therefore<br />

gametes are haploid and once they fuse<br />

(combine), they form a zygote that is diploid

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