Biology, Answering the Big Questions of Life/genetics3

Human Genetics
Sexual reproduction - Human sex cycle. Cells undergo Meiosis.

asexual reproduction - creates clones (organisms with identical genes).

ploidy
Cells can have one or more sets of chromosomes.

haploid (1n) one set - sperm, egg Diploid (2n) two sets - human adult hexaploid (6n) six sets - wheat octoploid (8n) eight sets - strawberry