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homoploid

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[hoh-muh-ploid, hom-uh-] / ˈhoʊ məˌplɔɪd, ˈhɒm ə- /

adjective

Genetics.

  1. of an organism or a cell whose set of chromosomes exhibits the same degree of ploidy as an organism or cell with which it is compared.

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