concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: haploid

haploid
type: Concept
definition: For organisms, such as humans, which carry two copies of each chromosome in somatic (nonreproductive) cells, a haploid cell is one that has only one of each chromosome. The haploid number, N, is the number of chromosomes in a haploid cell. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Haploid]
broader: health sciences

health sciences
type: Concept
narrower: haploid