haploid
IPA: hˈæpɫɔɪd
noun
- A cell which is haploid.
- An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.
adjective
- (genetics) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
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Examples of "haploid" in Sentences
- Fungal mycelia are typically haploid.
- Vascular plant spores are always haploid.
- It normally proliferates in a haploid state.
- Differences between haploid and diploid cells.
- Only the germ cells and gametophytes are haploid.
- The males are haploid and the females are diploid.
- Males are haploid, smaller in size, and flightless.
- Computer systems are the equivalent of a haploid genome.
- The haploid mycelium may or may not produce haploid spores asexually.
- The haploid gametophyte produces haploid gametes in multicellular gametangia.
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