What is a diploid organism?
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"Suppose that I don't have a formula for #g(x)# but I know that #g(1)
= 3# and #g'(x) = sqrt(x^2+15)# for all x. How do I use a linear approximation to estimate #g(0.9)# and #g(1.1)#?"
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Sep 16, 2015
Diploid organism is one which contain 1 set of homologous chromosomes.
Explanation:
Diploid organism is defined as organism with 1 set of homologous chromosome, i.e., organism has two copies of same gene in the system.
humans for example has 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes, with 2 copies of each gene on two chromosomes. denoted as 2n.
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The figure shows karyogram for human male. where you can see set of 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes.
