Haplosome

The haplosome is not a living organism, but a term used in cell biology to describe a single centriole, which is a cylindrical structure composed of microtubules and involved in cell division and cilia formation.
A pair of centrioles, arranged perpendicularly, forms a diplosome.
The haplosome is present in most eukaryotic cells, except plants, and plays a role in the organization of the mitotic spindle.
The haplosome can also be affected by paternal exposure to non-essential heavy metals, such as cadmium, arsenic, and uranium, which can impair embryo cleavage and implantation in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles.
The haplosome is a French word derived from the Greek haploos, meaning simple, and soma, meaning body.

The haplosome is also called the paternal genome or the paternal set of chromosomes.

The haplosome can be visualized as a collection of thin, thread-like structures that carry the genetic information of the father.

Each chromosome in the haplosome has a specific shape, size, and location in the cell nucleus.

The haplosome can be distinguished from the diplosome by using different staining techniques or by observing the number of centromeres, which are the regions where the chromosomes attach to the spindle fibers during cell division.

The haplosome plays an important role in the development and evolution of some organisms, such as plants, fungi, and animals.

The haplosome allows these organisms to switch between sexual and asexual reproduction, depending on the environmental conditions or the availability of mates.