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Question
In which of the following haploid cells a whole genome in human being is present?
- sperm
- somatic cell
- mature RBC
- primary spermatocyte
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Solution
(a) Sperm
The haploid human genome can be found in the egg and sperm cells. This genome has about three billion DNA base pairs.
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