DIPLONT


Meaning of DIPLONT in English

/dip"lont/ , n. Biol.

1. the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.

2. an organism having two sets of chromosomes in its somatic cells and a single, haploid set of chromosomes in its gametes.

[ 1920-25; DIPL(O)- + -ont ont-, s. of ón being, prp. of eînai to be (cf. ONTO-) ]

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