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homologous term used to refer to chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome from the opposite-sex parent diploid term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes haploid term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes meiosis process by which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the seperation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell tetrad structure containing 4 chromatids that forms during mieosis crossing-over process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis