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Definitions of haploid
  1. adjective
    of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes

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  2. noun
    (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
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  • genome the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
  • zygote (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
  • heteroploid (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species
  • aneuploidy an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
  • diploid (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
  • polyploid (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
  • fertilized ovum (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
  • diploid of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
  • polyploid of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
  • haploidy the condition of being haploid
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