Ploidy - wikipedia Ploidy This article 's factual accuracy is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. ( March 2017 ) Diploid cells have twice the number of chromosomes as haploid cells. Ploidy is the number of sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Somatic cells, tissues and individuals can be described according to the number of sets present ( the ploidy level ) : monoploid ( 1 set ), diploid ( 2 sets ), triploid ( 3 sets ), tetraploid ( 4 sets ), pentaploid ( 5 sets ), hexaploid ( 6 sets ), heptaploid or septaploid ( 7 sets ), etc. The generic term polyploid is used to describe cells with three or more chromosome sets. Humans are diploid organisms, carrying two complete sets of chromosomes : one set of 23 chromosomes from their father and one set of 23 chromosomes from their mother. The two sets combined provide a full complement of 46 chromosomes. This total number of chromosomes is called the chromosome number. When a species has a varying chromosome number, e.g. a diploid and tetraploid form, the chromosome number is called diploid number in the diploid form, and tetraploid number in the tetraploid form. The number of chromosomes found in a single complete set of chromosomes is called the monoploid number ( x ). The haploid number ( n ) is unique to gametes ( sperm or egg cells ), and refers to the total number of chromosomes found in a gamete, which under normal conditions is half the total number of chromosomes in a somatic cell. The haploid number for humans ( half of 46 ) is 23 ; and the monoploid number equals 46 divided by the ploidy level of 2, which is also 23. When a human germ cell undergoes meiosis the two sets of 23 chromosomes are split in half to form gametes. After fusion of a male and a female gamete ( fertilization ) both containing 1 set of 23 chromosomes, the resulting zygote has 46 chromosomes : 2 sets of 23 chromosomes ( 22 autosomes, and 1 allosome ). The common potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) is an example of a tetraploid organism, carrying four sets of chromosomes. The potato plant inherits two sets of 12 chromosomes from the pollen parent, and two sets of 12 chromosomes from the ovule parent. The four sets combined provide a full complement of 48 chromosomes. The haploid number ( half of 48 ) is 24. The monoploid number equals the chromosome number divided by the ploidy level : 48 chromosomes in total divided by a ploidy level of 4 equals a monoploid number of 12. The commercial common potato crop is propagated vegetatively ( asexual reproduction through mitosis ), in which case new individuals are produced from a single parent, without the involvement of gametes and fertilization, and all the offspring are genetically equal to each other and to the parent. Variation in euploidy for organisms with x = 11 Ploidy Nr of chromosomes Somatic Gametic Diploid 2x = 22 2n = 22 n = 11 Tetraploid 4x = 44 2n = 44 n = 22 Hexaploid 6x = 66 2n = 66 n = 33 Octoploid 8x = 88 2n = 88 n = 44 Because the chromosome number is generally reduced only by the specialized process of meiosis, the somatic cells of the body inherit and maintain the chromosome number of the zygote. However, in many situations somatic cells double their copy number by means of endoreduplication as an aspect of cellular differentiation. For example, the hearts of two - year - old children contain 85 % diploid and 15 % tetraploid nuclei, but by 12 years of age the proportions become approximately equal, and adults examined contained 27 % diploid, 71 % tetraploid and 2 % octaploid nuclei. When a germ cell with an uneven number of chromosomes undergoes meiosis, the chromosomes ca n't be evenly divided between two cells resulting in aneuploid gametes. Triploid organisms for instance are usually sterile. Because of this, triploidy is a common way of making seedless fruit such as bananas and watermelons. If the fertilization of human gametes results in 3 sets of chromosomes the condition is called triploid syndrome. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Case studies 3 Haploid and monoploid 4 Diploid 5 Homoploid 6 Zygoidy and azygoidy 7 Polyploidy 8 Variable or indefinite ploidy 9 Polyploidy in bacteria and archaea 10 Mixoploidy 11 Dihaploidy and polyhaploidy 12 Euploidy 13 Possible adaptive and ecological significance of variation in ploidy 14 References 15 Bibliography 16 External links Etymology The term ploidy is a back - formation from haploidy and diploidy. Ploid is a combination of Ancient Greek - παλτος ( - paltos ), - πλος ( - plos ), - πλόος ( - plóos, `` fold '' ), and - oid from Ancient Greek - ειδής ( - eidḗs ), - οειδής ( - oeidḗs ), from εἶδος ( eîdos, `` form, likeness '' ). The principle meaning of the Greek word ἁπλόος haplóos is `` two-fold '', from ἅμα, which means, `` at once, at the same time ''. From this comes the secondary sense of `` single '', since folding double produces a unity. It is in this latter sense that it appears in modern genetics. διπλόος diplóos means `` duplex '' or `` two-fold ''. Diploid therefore means `` duplex - shaped '' ( compare ' humanoid ', `` human - shaped '' ). Eduard Strasburger, coined the terms haploid and diploid in 1905 : Schließlich wäre es vielleicht erwünscht, wenn den Bezeichnungen Gametophyt und Sporophyt, die sich allein nur auf Pflanzen mit einfacher und mit doppelter Chromosomenzahl anwenden lassen, solche zur Seite gestellt würden, welche auch für das Tierreich passen. Ich erlaube mir zu diesem Zwecke die Worte Haploid und Diploid, bezw. haploidische und diploidische Generation vorzuschlagen. Some authors suggest that Strasburger based the terms on Weismann 's conception of the id ( or germ plasm ), hence haplo - id and diplo - id. The two terms were brought into the English language from German through William Henry Lang 's 1908 translation of an 1906 textbook by Strasburger and colleagues. Technically, ploidy refers to the nucleus. Though at times authors may report the total ploidy of all nuclei present within the cell membrane of a syncytium, usually the ploidy of the nuclei present will be described. For example, a fungal dikaryon with two haploid nuclei is distinguished from the diploid in which the chromosomes share a nucleus and can be shuffled together. Nonetheless, because in most situations there is only one nucleus, it is commonplace to speak of the ploidy of a cell. Case studies It is also possible on rare occasions for the ploidy to increase in the germline, which can result in polyploid offspring and ultimately polyploid species. This is an important evolutionary mechanism in both plants and animals. As a result, it becomes desirable to distinguish between the ploidy of a species or variety as it presently breeds and that of an ancestor. The number of chromosomes in the ancestral ( non-homologous ) set is called the monoploid number ( x ), and is distinct from the haploid number ( n ) in the organism as it now reproduces. Both numbers n, and x, apply to every cell of a given organism. Common wheat is an organism where x and n differ. It has six sets of chromosomes, two sets from each of three different diploid species that are its distant ancestors. The somatic cells are hexaploid, with six sets of chromosomes, 2n = 6x = 42 ( where the monoploid number x = 7 and the haploid number n = 21 ). The gametes are haploid for their own species, but triploid, with three sets of chromosomes, by comparison to a probable evolutionary ancestor, einkorn wheat. Tetraploidy ( four sets of chromosomes, 2n = 4x ) is common in plants, and also occurs in amphibians, reptiles, and insects. For example, species of Xenopus ( African toads ) form a ploidy series, featuring diploid ( X. tropicalis, 2n = 20 ), tetraploid ( for example X. laevis, 4n = 36 ), octaploid ( for example X. wittei, 8n = 72 ) and dodecaploid ( for example X. ruwenzoriensis, 12n = 108 ) species. Over evolutionary time scales in which chromosomal polymorphisms accumulate, these changes become less apparent by karyotype - for example, humans are generally regarded as diploid, but the 2R hypothesis has confirmed two rounds of whole genome duplication in early vertebrate ancestors. Ploidy can also differ with life cycle. In some insects it differs by caste. In humans, only the gametes are haploid, but in the Australian bulldog ant, Myrmecia pilosula, a haplodiploid species, haploid individuals of this species have a single chromosome, and diploid individuals have two chromosomes. In Entamoeba, the ploidy level varies from 4n to 40n in a single population. Alternation of generations occurs in many plants. Some studies suggest that selection is more likely to favor diploidy in host species and haploidy in parasite species. Haploid and monoploid 1. Haploid organism are on the left and Diploid organism on the right. 2. This is an haploid egg carrying the dominant purple gene. 3. This is a haploid sperm carrying the recessive blue gene. 4. This is a diploid sperm carrying the recessive blue gene. 5. This is an diploid egg carrying the dominant purple gene. 6. This is the short lived diploid state of haploid organisms. 7. This is the first stage of a zygote which has just been fertilized by a sperm. 8. The spores released by the diploid structure either express the mothers dominate gene or the fathers recessive gene. 9. The baby 's cells express the dominant or recessive. The nucleus of a eukaryotic cell is haploid if it has a single set of chromosomes, each one not being part of a pair. By extension a cell may be called haploid if its nucleus is haploid, and an organism may be called haploid if its body cells ( somatic cells ) are haploid. The number of chromosomes in a single set is called the haploid number, given the symbol n. If the number of chromosomes in the set is 1 ( n = 1 ) then the nucleus ( or cell, organism ) may be called monoploid. Gametes ( sperm and ova ) are haploid cells. The haploid gametes produced by most organisms combine to form a zygote with n pairs of chromosomes, i.e. 2n chromosomes in total. The chromosomes in each pair, one of which comes from the sperm and one from the egg, are said to be homologous. Cells and organisms with pairs of homologous chromosomes are called diploid. For example, most animals are diploid and produce haploid gametes. During meiosis, sex cell precursors have their number of chromosomes halved by randomly `` choosing '' one member of each pair of chromosomes, resulting in haploid gametes. Because homologous chromosomes usually differ genetically, gametes usually differ genetically from one another. All plants and many fungi and algae switch between a haploid and a diploid state, with one of the stages emphasized over the other. This is called alternation of generations. Most fungi and algae are haploid during the principal stage of their lifecycle, as are plants like mosses. Most animals are diploid, but male bees, wasps, and ants are haploid organisms because they develop from unfertilized, haploid eggs, while females ( workers and queens ) are diploid, making their system haplodiploid. In some cases there is evidence that the n chromosomes in a haploid set have resulted from duplications of an originally smaller set of chromosomes. This `` base '' number -- the number of apparently originally unique chromosomes in a haploid set -- is called the monoploid number, also known as basic or cardinal number, or fundamental number. As an example, the chromosomes of common wheat are believed to be derived from three different ancestral species, each of which had 7 chromosomes in its haploid gametes. The monoploid number is thus 7 and the haploid number is 3 × 7 = 21. In general n is a multiple of x. The somatic cells in a wheat plant have six sets of 7 chromosomes : three sets from the egg and three sets from the sperm which fused to form the plant, giving a total of 42 chromosomes. As a formula, for wheat 2n = 6x = 42, so that the haploid number n is 21 and the monoploid number x is 7. The gametes of common wheat are considered to be haploid, since they contain half the genetic information of somatic cells, but they are not monoploid, as they still contain three complete sets of chromosomes ( n = 3x ). In the case of wheat, the origin of its haploid number of 21 chromosomes from three sets of 7 chromosomes can be demonstrated. In many other organisms, although the number of chromosomes may have originated in this way, this is no longer clear, and the monoploid number is regarded as the same as the haploid number. Thus in humans, x = n = 23. Diploid For other uses, see Diploid ( crystallography ). Diploid cells have two homologous copies of each chromosome, usually one from the mother and one from the father. All or nearly all mammals are diploid organisms. The suspected tetraploid ( possessing four chromosome sets ) plains viscacha rat ( Tympanoctomys barrerae ) and golden vizcacha rat ( Pipanacoctomys aureus ) have been regarded as the only known exceptions ( as of 2004 ). However, some genetic studies have rejected any polyploidism in mammals as unlikely, and suggest that amplification and dispersion of repetitive sequences best explain the large genome size of these two rodents. All normal diploid individuals have some small fraction of cells that display polyploidy. Human diploid cells have 46 chromosomes ( the somatic number, 2n ) and human haploid gametes ( egg and sperm ) have 23 chromosomes ( n ). Retroviruses that contain two copies of their RNA genome in each viral particle are also said to be diploid. Examples include human foamy virus, human T - lymphotropic virus, and HIV. Homoploid `` Homoploid '' means `` at the same ploidy level '', i.e. having the same number of homologous chromosomes. For example, homoploid hybridization is where the offspring have the same ploidy level as the two parental species. This contrasts with a common situation in plants where chromosome doubling accompanies, or happens soon after hybridization. Similarly, homoploid speciation contrasts with polyploid speciation. Zygoidy and azygoidy Zygoidy is the state where the chromosomes are paired and can undergo meiosis. The zygoid state of a species may be diploid or polyploid. In the azygoid state the chromosomes are unpaired. It may be the natural state of some asexual species or may occur after meiosis. In diploid organisms the azygoid state is monoploid. ( see below for dihaploidy ) Polyploidy Main article : Polyploidy Polyploidy is the state where all cells have multiple sets of chromosomes beyond the basic set, usually 3 or more. Specific terms are triploid ( 3 sets ), tetraploid ( 4 sets ), pentaploid ( 5 sets ), hexaploid ( 6 sets ), heptaploid or septaploid ( 7 sets ) octoploid ( 8 sets ), nonaploid ( 9 sets ), decaploid ( 10 sets ), undecaploid ( 11 sets ), dodecaploid ( 12 sets ), tridecaploid ( 13 sets ), tetradecaploid ( 14 sets ) etc. Some higher ploidies include hexadecaploid ( 16 sets ), dotriacontaploid ( 32 sets ), and tetrahexacontaploid ( 64 sets ), though Greek terminology may be set aside for readability in cases of higher ploidy ( such as `` 16 - ploid '' ). Polytene chromosomes of plants and fruit flies can be 1024 - ploid. Ploidy of systems such as the salivary gland, elaiosome, endosperm, and trophoblast can exceed this, up to 1048576 - ploid in the silk glands of the commercial silkworm Bombyx mori. The chromosome sets may be from the same species or from closely related species. In the latter case, these are known as allopolyploids ( or amphidiploids, which are allopolyploids that behave as if they were normal diploids ). Allopolyploids are formed from the hybridization of two separate species. In plants, this probably most often occurs from the pairing of meiotically unreduced gametes, and not by diploid -- diploid hybridization followed by chromosome doubling. The so - called Brassica triangle is an example of allopolyploidy, where three different parent species have hybridized in all possible pair combinations to produce three new species. Polyploidy occurs commonly in plants, but rarely in animals. Even in diploid organisms, many somatic cells are polyploid due to a process called endoreduplication where duplication of the genome occurs without mitosis ( cell division ). The extreme in polyploidy occurs in the fern genus Ophioglossum, the adder 's - tongues, in which polyploidy results in chromosome counts in the hundreds, or, in at least one case, well over one thousand. It is also possible for polyploid organisms to revert to lower ploidy by means of haploidisation. Variable or indefinite ploidy Depending on growth conditions, prokaryotes such as bacteria may have a chromosome copy number of 1 to 4, and that number is commonly fractional, counting portions of the chromosome partly replicated at a given time. This is because under exponential growth conditions the cells are able to replicate their DNA faster than they can divide. In ciliates, the macronucleus is called ampliploid, because only part of the genome is amplified. Polyploidy in bacteria and Archaea Polyploidy is a characteristic of the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans and of the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum. These two species are highly resistant to ionizing radiation and desiccation, conditions that induce DNA double - strand breaks. This resistance appears to be due to efficient homologous recombinational repair. Mixoploidy This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2016 ) Mixoploidy refers to the presence of two cell lines, one diploid and one polyploid, coexisting within the same organism. Though polyploidy in humans is not viable, mixoploidy has been found in live adults and children. There are two types : diploid - triploid mixoploidy, in which some cells have 46 chromosomes and some have 69, and diploid - tetraploid mixoploidy, in which some cells have 46 and some have 92 chromosomes. It is a major topic of cytology. Dihaploidy and polyhaploidy Not to be confused with haplodiploidy ( where diploid and haploid individuals are different sexes ). Dihaploid and polyhaploid cells are formed by haploidisation of polyploids, i.e., by halving the chromosome constitution. Dihaploids ( which are diploid ) are important for selective breeding of tetraploid crop plants ( notably potatoes ), because selection is faster with diploids than with tetraploids. Tetraploids can be reconstituted from the diploids, for example by somatic fusion. The term `` dihaploid '' was coined by Bender to combine in one word the number of genome copies ( diploid ) and their origin ( haploid ). The term is well established in this original sense, but it has also been used for doubled monoploids or doubled haploids, which are homozygous and used for genetic research. Euploidy Euploidy is the state of a cell or organism having one or more than one set of the same set of chromosomes, possibly excluding the sex - determining chromosomes. For example, most human cells have 2 of each of the 23 homologous monoploid chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes. A human cell with an extra set out of the 23 normal ones would be considered euploid. Euploid karyotypes would consequentially be a multiple of the haploid number, which in humans is 23. Aneuploidy is the state where one or more chromosomes of a normal set are missing or present in more than their usual number of copies. Unlike euploidy, aneuploid karyotypes will not be a multiple of the haploid number. In humans, examples of aneuploidy include having a single extra chromosome ( such as Down syndrome ), or missing a chromosome ( such as Turner syndrome ). Aneuploid karyotypes are given names with the suffix - somy ( rather than - ploidy, used for euploid karyotypes ), such as trisomy and monosomy. 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( Supporting Data Set, with information on ploidy level and number of chromosomes of several protists ) Chromosome number and ploidy mutations YouTube tutorial video Cytogenetics : chromosomes Basic concepts Karyotype Ploidy Genetic material / Genome Chromatin Euchromatin Heterochromatin Chromosome Chromatid Nucleosome Nuclear organization Types Autosome / Sex chromosome ( or allosome or heterosome ) Macrochromosome / Microchromosome Circular chromosome / Linear chromosome Extra chromosome ( or accessory chromosome ) Supernumerary chromosome A chromosome / B chromosome Lampbrush chromosome Polytene chromosome Dinoflagellate chromosomes Homologous chromosome Isochromosome Satellite chromosome Centromere position Metacentric Submetacentric Telocentric Acrocentric Holocentric Centromere number Acentric Monocentric Dicentric Polycentric Processes and evolution Mitosis Meiosis Structural alterations Chromosomal inversion Chromosomal translocation Numerical alterations Aneuploidy Euploidy Polyploidy Paleopolyploidy Polyploidization Structures Telomere : Telomere - binding protein ( TINF2 ) Protamine Histone H1 H2A H2B H3 H4 Centromere C1 C2 Q See also Extrachromosomal DNA Plasmid List of organisms by chromosome count List of chromosome lengths for various organisms List of sequenced genomes International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ploidy&oldid=817677999 '' Categories : Classical genetics Cytogenetics Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list Accuracy disputes from March 2017 All accuracy disputes All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2014 Articles with unsourced statements from March 2017 Articles needing additional references from January 2016 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans বাংলা Беларуская Български Bosanski Čeština Dansk Deutsch Eesti Español Esperanto فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Ido Italiano עברית Latina Magyar Македонски മലയാളം Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Scots Simple English Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska தமிழ் ไทย Türkçe Українська اردو 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 29 December 2017, at 22 : 29. 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Question: where are haploid cells found in the human body
Answer: sperm; sperm or egg cells; gametes (sperm or egg cells)