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
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Also hap·loi·dic.
- : single; simple.
- : Biology. pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.
n.名词 noun
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- : 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.
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