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If a haploid cell has 16 chromosomes in its nucleus, how many would be present in the diploid state?
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If a haploid cell has 16 chromosomes in its nucleus, how many would be present in the diploid state?

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16 x 2 = 32

Since chromosomes in the nucleus exist in pairs, human body cell contains 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs.
Gametes are haploid, so their nucleus only contains a single set of 23 unpaired chromosomes.
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