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Encyclopedia > Haploidisation

Haploidisation (from the Greek απλοποίηση = simplification) is the process of creating a haploid cell from a diploid cell. This is a laboratory procedure that forces a normal cell to spit out half of its chromosome content, leaving just one set. In mammals this renders this cell equal to sperm or egg.


This was one of the procedures used by Japanese researchers to produce Kaguya the fatherless mouse.


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The Haploid Life Cycle (288 words)
Haploid life cycle is the most common in algae (without dikaryotic phase) and most fungi (with dikaryotic phase).
Colonial alga such as red alga, brown alga, and green alga and filamentous alga such as red, green, and brown alga all exhibit haploid life cycle.
A general life history includes both a 1n stage and a 2n stage separated by meiosis and syngamy.
Haploid Cells (279 words)
Haploid cells are often used in sexual reproduction.
In fungus and certain algae, however, haploid cells are the norm.
Haploid cells in animals are formed through meiosis, where one chromosome is chosen at random to inhabit the haploid germ cells.
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