haploid
pronunciation
How to pronounce haploid in British English:
UK [ˈhæplɔɪd]
How to pronounce haploid in American English:
US [ˈhæpˌlɔɪd]
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- Noun:
- (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
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- Adjective:
- of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
Word Origin
- haploid (adj.)
- "having a single set of unpaired chromosomes," 1908, from German haploid (Strasburger, 1905), from Greek haploos "single, simple" (see haplo-) + -ploid, from comb. form of ploos "fold" (see fold (v.)) + -oid.
Example
- 1. Parent cells are diploid , daughter cells are haploid .
- 2. Tripoid a cell , tissue or organism containing three times the haploid number of chromosomes .
- 3. Research progress of haploid doubling technology in maize .
- 4. Molecular identification of maize induced haploid dh lines .
- 5. Studies on culture medium of wheat haploid breeding .