haploid /hap·loid/ (hap´loid)
haploid
haploid,
haploid
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.
hap·loid (h p loid )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. hap loidy (-loid ) n. |
haploid
[hap′loid]
Etymology: Gk, haploos, single, eidos, form
having only one complete set of nonhomologous chromosomes. Also monoploid, monoploidic. haploidy, n.
haploid,
adj possessing just one set of nonhomologous chromosomes. Also called
monoploid or
monoploidic.
monoploid or
monoploidic.
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.
haploid karyotype
see haplotype.
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.
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