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All diploid adults inherit half of their DNA from each parent. When they are ready to reproduce, diploid reproductive cells undergo meiosis and produce haploid gametes. These gametes then fuse through fertilization and produce a diploid zygote, which immediately enters G1 of the cell cycle.
Also, Organisms with a diploid life cycle spend the majority of their lives as diploid adults. When they are ready to reproduce, they undergo meiosis and produce haploid gametes. Gametes then unite in fertilization and form a diploid zygote, which immediately enters G1 of the cell cycle. Next, the zygote's DNA is replicated.
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A dog meets all the characerisitcs of life in the following ways - they maintain homeostatis, are made of cells, breathe and have a metabolism, are able to reproduce, pass their traits off to their offsp they grow and change, and and respond to their environment.
