HETEROPLOID


Meaning of HETEROPLOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhe-tə-rə-ˌplȯid ]

adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1926

: having a chromosome number that deviates from and is not an integral multiple of the number characteristic of a given species

• heteroploid noun

• het·ero·ploi·dy -ˌplȯi-dē noun

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