specialised cells

• haploid

  describes a cell that has 1 set of chromosomes in the nucleus
• diploid

  a cell that has 2 set of chromosomes in the nucleus
• examples of haploid cells

  • human egg cell
  • human sperm cell
• examples of diploid cells?

  • fertilised human egg cell
  • fertilised human sperm cell
• how many does each cell in the human body have ?

  23 pairs of chromosomes - 46 in total

  half come from the mother and half come from the father