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haploidy

American  
[ha-ploid-ee] / ˈhæˌplɔɪd i /

noun

  1. Biology. the trait or quality of being a haploid.


haploidy Scientific  
/ hăploi′dē /
  1. The state or condition of being haploid.


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"This publication basically shows how we achieved haploidy," Mitalipov said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

As a result, it is impossible to split the assembled genome of into haploid sets: the apparent ploidy level of is scale-dependent, with a tetraploid structure at gene scale versus chromosome-scale haploidy.

From Nature • Aug. 21, 2013

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