tetraploid /tet·ra·ploid/ (tet´rah-ploid)
tetraploid (4n)
1. characterized by tetraploidy.
2. an individual or cell having four sets of chromosomes.
tet·ra·ploid (t t r -ploid )adj. Having four times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus. n. A tetraploid individual. |
tetraploid (4n)
[tet′rəploid]
Etymology: Gk, tetraploos, fourfold, eidos, form
1 an individual, organism, strain, or cell that has four complete sets of chromosomes, quadruple the haploid number characteristic of the species. In humans the tetraploid number is 92; it occurs extremely rarely, in aborted or stillborn fetuses.
tetraploid
1. characterized by tetraploidy.
2. an individual or cell having four sets of chromosomes.
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