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Definition of Heteroploid
1. 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 of Heteroploid
1. Adjective. (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heteroploid
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Medical Definition of Heteroploid
1. A different chromosome number than the normal number of chromosomes. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteroploid
Literary usage of Heteroploid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"... is the obligate apomictic formation of an embryo from cells of a diploid or
heteroploid gametophyte. ..."
2. University of California Publications in Botany by University of California, Berkeley (1922)
"Calif. Publ. Agr. Sci., vol. 2, pp. 343-354. JOERGENSEN, CA 1928. The experimental
formation of heteroploid plants in the genus Solanum. Jour. Gen., vol. ..."
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