tetraploid
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trəˌplɔɪd adjective Biology.
1.
having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
noun
2.
a tetraploid cell or organism.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | having four times the haploid number of chromosomes in the nucleus |
| —n | |
| 2. | a tetraploid organism, nucleus, or cell |
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tetraploid tet·ra·ploid (tět'rə-ploid')
adj.
Having four times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus. n.
A tetraploid individual.
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Example sentences
Consumers generally prefer the vigor and improved horticultural traits of tetraploid daylily clones.
So, if a mouse is born from a stem cell injected into a tetraploid blastocyst, that stem cell must have been totipotent.
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