haploid
Americanadjective
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single; simple.
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Biology. pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of haploid
First recorded in 1905–10; hapl- ( def. ) + -oid
Vocabulary lists containing haploid
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Genomic sequencing also revealed that D. catalonica has a haploid chromosome number of four autosomes plus one X chromosome, while D. tilosensis has six autosomes and one X chromosome.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
To determine the roles of our genes, researcher Thijn Brummelkamp developed a method using haploid cells.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
In this case, the ants have haploid cells from two divergent lineages: R and W. Humans, for example, have X and Y haploid cells.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2023
Certain other organisms perform alternation of generations in which both the haploid and diploid forms look the same.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The normal number in the gamete, 7, is considered the simple or haploid number, and therefore the number 28 is called tetraploid.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
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