Gametes have a single set of chromosomes. A cell that can develop into a gamete. The basic unit of inheritance. A gene is a segment of DNA that specifies the structure of a protein or an RNA molecule. The variety of different types of genes in a species or population.
Genetic diversity is really a form of biodiversity.
The two-stage type of cell division that halves the number of chromosomes in a cell. Occurs in sexually-reproducing higher organisms so that the number of chromosomes aren't doubled when fertilisation occurs. A cell formed by asexual reproduction in the life cycle of plasmodium . Merozoites disperse and infect additional red blood cells within the host. The presence of parasites in the blood.