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what term is used to describe a pair of homologous chromosomes
a term used to describe a pair of homologous chromosomes is a diploid
What is the pair of homologous chromosomes
A homologous chromosome pair consists of one chromosome donated from the mother and one from the father. Humans have 23 sets of homologous chromosomes for a total of 46 chromosomes.

Question: What happens to the pairs
Self-contained rewrite: What happens to the pairs of homologous chromosomes, called diploid