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noun(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
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adjectiveof a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
Definition that contains diploid
- zygote (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
- diploidy the condition of being diploid
- monosomy chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number
- amphidiploidy the condition of being amphidiploid
- amphidiploid (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent
- fertilized ovum (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)