Word Origin and History for corpus delicti. 1832, Latin, literally body of the offense; not the murder victim's body, but the basic elements that make up a crime; in the case of a murder, including the body of the murdered person.
Or: there are 23 unique types of chromosome in your cells (remember, we are treating the sex chromosomes as the same for simplicity). After replication of the 46 chromosomes, the cell contains 92 chromatids (in 46 pairs). After mitosis two identical cells are created with the same original number of chromosomes, 46. Haploid cells that are generated through meiosis, such as egg and sperm, only have 23 chromosomes, because, remember, meiosis is a reduction division..
Diploid human cells have 2 sets of 23 chromosomes for a total of 46 chromosomes: Autosomal chromosomes: 22 sets of 2. Sex chromosomes: 1 set of 2. Haploid Cell Reproduction. Haploid cells are produced by the process of meiosis. In meiosis, a diploid cell divides twice to produce four haploid daughter cells. Prior to the start of the meiotic cell cycle, the cell replicates it DNA and increases its mass and organelle numbers in a stage known as interphase.