Haplontic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Haplontic is an adjective meaning (biology) Describing an organism that is haploid for most of its life cycle but that briefly has a diploid zygote.
Meaning
(biology) Describing an organism that is haploid for most of its life cycle but that briefly has a diploid zygote.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include diplohaplontic, haplobiontic, haplodiplontic, haplodiplobiontic, haplodiploid, autoploid.
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