The egg is
A)diploid.
B)tetraploid.
C)polyploid.
D)triploid.
E)haploid.

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The egg is a haploid cell, which means it contains only one set of chromosomes (23 in humans). This is because during meiosis, the precursor cell undergoes two rounds of division, resulting in four haploid cells. In females, only one of these cells becomes an egg cell, while the others are discarded as polar bodies. Therefore, the egg (ovum) is haploid, not diploid, triploid, tetraploid, or polyploid.

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