Assertion: chromosome's number | /r/HasProperty | diploid
Facets:
value: in reproducing organisms
type: OTHER
value: typically
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In sexually reproducing organisms, the number of chromosomes in the body (somatic) cells typically is diploid (2n; a pair of each chromosome), twice the haploid (1n) number found in the sex cells, or gametes.
text: All human cells except for egg cells and sperm cells have 46 chromosomes, the diploid human number.
text: Gametes (sex cells) have 23 chromosomes, the haploid human number; everyone is the product of the fusion of an egg cell and a sperm cell, and when these combine, the result is the normal amount of chromosomes, 46.
text: This number is known as diploid number (2n).
text: In a typical micrograph the 46 human chromosomes (the diploid number) are arranged in homologous pairs, each consisting of one maternally derived and one paternally derived member.