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haploid

  • adjective
  • /ˈhæplɔɪd/

Having the number of chromosomes that a typical gamete has (in the given organism), namely, half the number that a typical somatic cell has (in the given organism).

Other meanings

  1. Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes (which is the number that a typical gamete has in many organisms although not all).

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This definition is adapted from “haploid” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.