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Which type of human cells contain a half set of chromosomes (often written as n)?

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Answer:

Gametes are the type of human cells that contain a half set of chromosomes.

Explanation:

In superior organisms that reproduce sexually, such as human beings, the somatic cells are diploid (2n), which means that each cell has a pair of equal chromosomes. The somatic cells are all the body cells excepting for the sexual ones, and they reproduce by the process of mitosis. These cells have a set of chromosomes inherited from the maternal side and another homologous set of chromosomes inherited from the paternal side. Hence, the number of chromosomes in these double sets of the somatic cells are diploid, 2n.

In humans, there are also sexual cells, which are haploid (n). These cells are the gametes, and they reproduce by the process of meiosis. Gametes contain half the number of chromosomes that might be found in the somatic cells. The number of chromosomes in this set is haploid, n.

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