Tetraploid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having four times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus: a tetraploid species.
  • n. A tetraploid individual.
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  • adj. having four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus
  • n. a tetraploid organism
    • Word Usage
    "The organization of the bdelloid genome is tetraploid, that is, instead of the more usual one pair of chromosomes, there are 2 pairs of similar chromosomes."
    Cross Reference
    diploid    polyploid   
     
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