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The number of sets of chromosomes in a dikaryotic cell
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A dikaryotic cell contains two haploid nuclei (n + n) that remain separate in the same cell.A diploid cell contains one nucleus with 2n chromosomes. So, the total number of chromosome sets in a dikaryotic cell (n + n = 2n) is numerically equal to that of a diploid cell, although arranged in two separate nuclei.
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