Hypohaploid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hypohaploid is an adjective meaning Having less than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
Meaning
Having less than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
More Meanings
- (nominalization) A hypohaploid organism.
Example Sentences
DNA was extracted from different morphological types of hypohaploid Nicotiana plumbaginifolia plants. The cellular levels of chloroplast DNA (expressed as percent of total DNA) were found to be approximately two- to threefold higher in two albino hypohaploids than in a green hypohaploid. The level of chloroplast DNA in the green hypohaploid was not significantly different from either in vitro or in vivo grown haploid N. plumbaginifolia plants.
Word Forms
- hypohaploids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hyperhaploid, haploid, hypopentaploid, polyhaploid, haploidic, aneuploid.
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