haploid

haploid /hap·loid/ (hap´loid)

1. having half the number of chromosomes characteristically found in the somatic (diploid) cells of an organism; typical of the gametes of a species whose union restores the diploid number.

2. an individual or cell having only one member of each pair of homologous chromosomes.

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hap·loid (hploid)

adj.

Having the same number of sets of chromosomes as a germ cell, or half the diploid number of a somatic cell. The haploid number (23 in humans) is the normal chromosome complement of germ cells.

n.

A haploid organism or cell.

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haploidy (-loid) n.

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haploid

[hap′loid]

Etymology: Gk, haploos, single, eidos, form

having only one complete set of nonhomologous chromosomes. Also monoploid, monoploidic. haploidy, n.

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haploid [hap´loid]

having half the number of chromosomes characteristically found in the somatic (diploid) cells of an organism; typical of the gametes of a species whose union restores the diploid number.

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haploid,

adj possessing just one set of nonhomologous chromosomes. Also called
monoploid or
monoploidic.

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haploid

having half the number of chromosomes characteristically found in the somatic (diploid) cells of an organism; typical of the gametes of a species whose union restores the diploid number.

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haploid karyotype

see haplotype.

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haploid

Genetics adjective Referring to: 1. A normal chromosome complement–expressed as n 2. A cell with only one copy of each chromosome type–ie, half the number of chromosomes present in other cells; gametes–ie, sperm and ova are haploid. See Chromosome, Diploid, Polypoid, Prokaryote.