heteroploid meaning

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heteroploid (noun): (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species.

Definition of heteroploid

  1. (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species

    Type of: organism

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HE · words ending in ID · 11-letter words

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