Quaploid

Quaploid is the term given to cells after interphase during which diploid cells replicate their genetic material. A normal human diploid cell contains 46 chromosomes. Prior to meiosis, chromosomes replicate producing cells with 92 chromosomes. It is traditionally believed that once a chromosome has replicated, the two join by a centromere to form an X shape structure. This is still refered to as one chromosome even though it is in fact two chromosomes.
Following the two cell divisions of meiosis, four unique haploid gametes form, each containing 23 chromosomes. This number is a quarter of the 92 individual chromosomes within the replicated cell. Hence, the term quaploid can be mathematically applied.
To summarize, meiosis starts with a diploid parent cell, replicates to a quaploid, then undergoes two rounds of nuclear division, forming four haploid gametes.
<references/>Hartwell, L., et al,2008. Genetics: From Genes to Genomes. 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA.
<references/>Rine, A., Menic, N., 2009.

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