2.5 explain what is meant by homologous pairs of chromosomes and the term haploid and diploid
homologous pairs of chromosome - a pair of chromosome that have the same shape, same position of the centromere and the same genes in the sequence
Haploid - a cell, nucleus or organism having half the number of chromosomes (n)
Diploid - a cell, nucleus, or organism having two sets of chromosomes (2n)
