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→About Chromosomes
===About Chromosomes===
: [[Chromosome]]s are found in pairs in [[diploid]] [[Cell (Biology)|cells]].
: In [[organism]]s which engage in [[Sexual Reproduction|sexual reproduction]] one of the [[chromosome]]s in the pair is [[Heredity|inherited]] from the mother and the other from the [[father]].
: During [[mitosis]] [[chromosome]]s have made copies of themselves that are joined by a [[centromere]].
: In [[haploid]] [[Cell (Biology)|cells]] there are half the number of [[chromosome]]s. These [[Cell (Biology)|cells]] are [[gamete]]s used in [[Sexual Reproduction|sexual reproduction]].