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haploid

/hap-loid/US // ˈhæp lɔɪd //UK // (ˈhæplɔɪd) biology //

单倍体,单倍体的,单倍体的人,单核

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also hap·loi·dic.

    • : single; simple.
    • : Biology. pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Biology. an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number.

Examples

  • Each of these divides again by mitosis (the chromosomes splitting lengthwise), the half or haploid number remaining.

  • The next stage is their separation to the haploid daughter-nuclei, which have resulted from the reduction process.

  • Haploid (n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in diakinesis, metaphase I, and metaphase II of meiosis.

  • Technically the tissue-cells are said to contain the diploid number of chromosomes, the gametes the reduced or haploid number.