Associations to the word «Heteroploid»

Noun

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Wiktionary

HETEROPLOID, adjective. (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King