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HETEROPLOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("heteroploid" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
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