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[–] 6 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

Yep! Pollen are haploid, but technically they're actually monoploid (or equivalent, depending on polyploidy) given they're a fully functioning organism.

This is surprisingly common. All the pollen, male bees and ants (and actually a bunch of males in the order Hymenoptera grow from unfertilized eggs), and algae, for example. Certain fungi go through most of their lifecycles haploid and have a brief diploid phase, which undergoes meiosis to get right back to haploid, albeit for gametes this time. Tons of stuff! Nature is fucking wild.

Edit: haha, I just saw my Dad pun.

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