HyperDic: heteroploid

English > 1 sense of the word heteroploid:
NOUNanimalheteroploid(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species
English > heteroploid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species.
Categorygenetics, genetic scienceThe branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
Broaderorganism, beingA living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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