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adj
Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
An organism having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organism, being
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -ploid English heteroploid From hetero- + -ploid.
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