diploid
IPA: dˈɪpɫɔɪd
noun
- A diploid cell.
- A diploid organism.
adjective
- (genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
- (genetics) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
- (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.
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Examples of "diploid" in Sentences
- Adults are diploid or polyploid.
- Costly signaling and Fisherian diploid dynamics.
- Ashmead's Kernel is a diploid cultivar of apple.
- For a recessive allele in a diploid population, .
- The males are haploid and the females are diploid.
- The large vegetative phase is diploid and gametophytic.
- For a recessive allele in a diploid population, formula_4.
- In diploid organisms, somatic cells possess two copies of the genome.
- The conspicuous plant observed in the field is the diploid sporophyte.
- The advantage of diploid, e.g heterosis, only takes place in diploid life stage.
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