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diploid

1 of 2

adjective

dip·​loid ˈdi-ˌplȯid How to pronounce diploid (audio)
: having two haploid sets of homologous chromosomes
diploid somatic cells
diploidy noun

diploid

2 of 2

noun

: a single cell, individual, or generation characterized by the diploid chromosome number

Example Sentences

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Adjective
Genomicists think that the ancestors of sturgeons were diploid until all their chromosomes doubled and the fish became tetraploid. Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020 So farmers plant sterile triploid plants along with diploid plants. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2020 This means humans are diploid, or contain two full sets of chromosomes. Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2020 Oogonia are small diploid cells that form during the early stages of fetal development. David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2018
Noun
In another form of parthenogenesis, apomixis, reproductive cells replicate via mitosis, a process in which the cell duplicates to create two diploid cells—a kind of genetic copy-and-paste. Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2020 The triploids can’t self-pollinate (because their pollen is not viable) but bees can carry the viable diploid pollen to the triploid flowers to complete fertilization. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

Adjective

1908, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of diploid was in 1908
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