# Haploid

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

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National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). *Haploid*.

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Haploid is the quality of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.

Organisms that reproduce asexually are haploid. Sexually reproducing organisms are diploid (having two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent). In humans, only their egg and sperm cells are haploid.