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How to pronounce haploid in English?

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Synonyms haploidic, monoploid
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Type of being, organism

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The diploid queen has 32 chromosomes and the haploid drones have 16 chromosomes.
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Their eggs and sperm are haploid, containing only one chromosome from each pair.
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Haploid genetic screens in human cells identify host factors used by pathogens.
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The kelp life cycle involves a diploidsporophyte and haploid gametophyte stage.
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Since the archegonium is a haploid structure, egg cells are produced via mitosis.
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A diploid cell may also undergo meiosis to produce haploid cells, usually four.
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This way, the organism ends its diploid phase and produces several haploid cells.
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Most fungi and algae are haploid during the principal stage of their lifecycle.
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After dispersal, the ascospores may germinate and form a new haploid mycelium.
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More examples
  • Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
  • (haploidy) the condition of being haploid
  • Ploidy refers to the number of sets of chromosomes in a biological cell.
  • A cell which is haploid; an organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells; Of a cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes, such as a gamete
  • Having the chromosome number normally found in a gamete. See also diploid.
  • Having one complete genome; the chromosome condition resulting from meiosis and necessary for syngamy.
  • The chromosome number equal to one complete set of the genetic endowment of a eukaryotic organism
  • Half complement of chromosomes in a sex cell before union with another
  • A single set of chromosomes (half the full set of genetic material) present in the egg and sperm cells of animals and in the egg and pollen cells of plants. Human beings have 23 chromosomes in their reproductive cells.