Which human cells are haploid?

Haploid cells are a result of the process of meiosis, a type of cell division in which diploid cells divide to give rise to haploid germ cells. A haploid cell will merge with another haploid cell at fertilization. read more

In humans, the haploid cells have 23 chromosomes, versus the 46 in the diploid cells. There is a difference between haploid and monoploid cells. Haploid cells have one complete set of chromosomes, whereas the term monoploid refers to the number of unique chromosomes in a biological cell. read more

In humans, the haploid number is expressed as n=23 because haploid human cells have one set of 23 chromosomes. There are 22 sets of autosomal chromosomes (non-sex chromosomes) and one set of sex chromosomes. read more