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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: haploid
haploid
adj : of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
[syn:
haploidic,
monoploid] [ant:
diploid,
polyploid]
haploid
n : (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set
of chromosomes
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Haploid
Haploid
\Hap"loid\ (h[a^]p"loid), a. [NL., fr. Gr. "aplo`os
simple.] (Biol.)
having half the number of chromosomes normally present in
somatic cells; having only one chromosome of each type, and
therefore having only one complete set of genes; Contrasted
with
diploid and
polyploid. See also
diploid.
Note: The germ cells of animals, the ovum and sperm cells,
are haploid, whereas the somatic cells are diploid.
Haploid variants of somatic cells may also be generated
under certain conditions in the laboratory.
[PJC]
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