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| A gamete is a specialized germ cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. |
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| In humans, most cells are diploid (containing one set of chromosomes from each parent). |
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| Sex cells (sperm and oocytes) are haploid. |
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| A chromosome is a large macromolecule into which DNA is normally packaged in a cell. Minimally, it is a very long, continuous piece of DNA (a single DNA molecule), which contains many genes, regulatory elements and other intervening nucleotide sequences. |
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