Diploid vs. Haploid

Diploidadjective

(cytology) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.

Diploidadjective

(cytology) Of an organism, having diploid cells.

Diploidadjective

(crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

Diploidnoun

A cell which is diploid.

Diploidnoun

An organism with diploid cells.

Diploidnoun

A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.

Diploidnoun

a cell or organism having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; a diploid cell or organism.

Diploidadjective

having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; having double the basic number of chromosomes, as seen in a haploid cell. Contrasted to haploid and polyploid.

Diploidnoun

(genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

Diploidadjective

of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number;

Haploidadjective

Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

Haploidnoun

A cell which is haploid.

Haploidnoun

An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

Haploidadjective

having half the number of chromosomes normally present in somatic cells; having only one chromosome of each type, and therefore having only one complete set of genes; Contrasted with diploid and polyploid. See also diploid.

Haploidnoun

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

Haploidadjective

of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes;