Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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In humans, the chromosomes are diploid, which means there are two sets of chromosomes in the cells. Meiosis is a type of cell division, in which the number of chromosomes is reduced to haploid, which means a single set of chromosomes is present.

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