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haplont

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 1933, John Milton Webber, Cytological Features of Nicotiana Glucinosa Haplonts, M. C. Merrill (editorial supervisor), Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 47, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 864, The behavior of haplont Nicotiana glutinosa is in harmony with the foregoing facts. [...] The occurrence of diploid cells in the callus of decapitated haplonts may be attributed to causes similar to those resulting in diploid cells in proximal callus.

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History

Etymology

From haplo- + -ont, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).