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
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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
In bees, males are typically haploid and have only one set of chromosomes, but when they're inbred, they can have two sets of the same chromosomes and lack genetic diversity.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 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
Three of these degenerate in each cell, leaving one micronucleus that then undergoes mitosis, generating two haploid micronuclei.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The egg nucleus, now known as the female pronucleus, and each body contain the reduced or haploid number of chromosomes.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
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