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Mixoploid

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Meaning

(genetics) Having cells with different numbers of chromosomes. The genetically different cell populations usually arise from the same zygote (mosaicism) or, more rarely, they originate from different zygotes (chimerism)..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (genetics) Having cells with different numbers of chromosomes. The genetically different cell populations usually arise from the same zygote (mosaicism) or, more rarely, they originate from different zygotes (chimerism).
  2. An organism with such cells.

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Related Words

allopolyploidamphiploidmosaicdiploidhomoploidmosaicalautoploidheteroploidpolysomaticautopolyploidamphihaploidamphidiploidhypoploidallodiploidallohexaploidmerodiploidmonosomaticmesoploidallophenicchromosomic

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What does mixoploid mean?

Mixoploid means (genetics) Having cells with different numbers of chromosomes. The genetically different cell populations usually arise from the same zygote (mosaicism) or, more rarely, they originate from different zygotes (chimerism)..

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