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haploid

[ UK /hˈæplɔ‍ɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈhæpɫɔɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
NOUN
  1. (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

How To Use haploid In A Sentence

  • The FB-MOs, mitochondria, and haploid nuclei all segregate into budding spermatids and eventually occupy most of the cytoplasmic space.
  • It usually grows as a haploid yeast that reproduces by budding, but under certain environmental conditions it may also undergo a sexual cycle resulting in the production of basidiospores.
  • Zebrafish can also be made to develop as haploids by fertilizing the egg with sperm heavily irradiated with ultraviolet light.
  • Haploid sperm from P. lucida (different superscripts represent different males) fertilizes the M egg producing an ML female with the same maternal genome as her mother, but different paternal genome.
  • Reduced to just the haploid maternal complement of chromosomes, the egg develops into a male.
  • Chromosome loss is indicated by the production of aneuploid colonies that are small and may contain haploid sectors that spread in radial arrays.
  • The alternation between haploid gametophyte and diploid sporophyte phases, known as alternation of generations, occurs in all multi-cellular plants.
  • In the absence of growth inhibition cells are smaller and follow the normal axial budding pattern of haploid cells, in which new cells bud adjacent to the previous site of cytokinesis.
  • Human, Homo sapiens, is a diploid (2n = 46) animal with a haploid genome size of about 3.5 pg. Comparing Teleological Predictions with their Non-teleological Counterparts
  • Right away, the book stimulated a useful discussion on embryogenesis, haploidy, diploidy, gastrulation, and neurulation. Archive 2006-01-01
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