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diploid

/dip-loid/US // ˈdɪp lɔɪd //UK // (ˈdɪplɔɪd) //

二倍体,二倍体的,双倍体,双倍的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : double; twofold.
    • : Biology. having two similar complements of chromosomes.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Biology. an organism or cell having double the basic haploid number of chromosomes.
    • : Crystallography. a solid belonging to the isometric system and having 24 trapezoidal planes.

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Examples

  • As you may recall, nearly all animals are diploid, meaning they carry two copies of their genome.

  • Many major crops such as corn already use hybrid diploid breeding, and we know a lot about the “parent” crops involved in any given cross.

  • There are several kinds of naturally occurring diploid potatoes.

  • In animals, as in plants, the diploid generation attained the higher development and gradually assumed the dominant position.

  • The uninitiated sees in the more highly organised plants only a succession of diploid generations.

  • Similarly all the higher animals appear to us as independent organisms with diploid nuclei only.

  • They appear with this arrangement in all subsequent nuclear divisions in the diploid generation.

  • Diploid (2n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in late prophase and metaphase of mitosis.