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mixoploid
[ mik-suh-ploid ]
noun
, Genetics.
- an organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
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- mixo·ploidy noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mixoploid1
1930–35; mixo- (< Greek, combining form of míxis a mingling) + -ploid
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