The Diplontic Life Cycle
This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.
State
In a diplontic life cycle, the multicellular organism is diploid throughout its life, and meiosis produces haploid gametes that are the only haploid cells present.
Show
A human's body cells stay diploid throughout life; only sperm and egg cells are ever haploid.
Watch for
The organism itself never becomes haploid in this cycle — only its gametes do, briefly, until fertilization restores the diploid state.