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hyperploidy

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hyperploidy /hy·per·ploi·dy/ (hi´per-ploi″de) the state of having more than the typical number of chromosomes in unbalanced sets, as in Down syndrome.
hyperploidy
[hī′pərploi′dē]
any increase in chromosome number that involves individual chromosomes rather than entire sets, resulting in more than the normal haploid number characteristic of the species, as in Down syndrome. Compare hypoploidy.

hyperploidy [hi´per-ploi″de]
the state of having more than the typical number of chromosomes in unbalanced sets, as in down syndrome.

hyperploidy
the state of having more than the typical number of chromosomes in unbalanced sets.


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