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What is the difference between a haploid cell and a diploid cell? help asap plz

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A haploid cell can be described as a cell which contains a single set of chromosomes. For example, the sex cells in humans i.e the egg cell and the sperm cell contains 23 chromosomes each.

A diploid cell can be described as a cell which contains two set of chromosomes or chromosome pairs. For example, all the cells of the human body, except the sex cells, contain 23 pairs i.e 46 chromosomes.

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