Question

In humans, a male and a female gamete fuse and form the zygote. The condition of zygote
is......
a) haploid
b) diploid
c) triploid
d) tetraploid​

Answer 1

The zygote is endowed with genes from two parents, and thus it is diploid (carrying two sets of chromosomes)

Answer 2

The correct answer of this question is option b) diploid

Concept

The number of full sets of chromosomes in a cell, or ploidy (/pldi/), determines the potential alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. The number of maternal and paternal copies of each homologous chromosome pair, which chromosomes normally exist as, are referred to as sets of chromosomes. The "ploidy level" (the number of sets of chromosomes present) can be used to categorise somatic cells, tissues, and individual organisms. Examples include monoploid (1 set), diploid (2 sets), triploid (3 sets), tetraploid (4 sets), pentaploid (5 sets), hexaploid (6 sets), heptaploid or septaploid (7 sets), etc. When referring to cells containing three or more chromosomal sets, the general word "polyploid" is frequently used.

So the correct answer of this question is option b) diploid

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