- hexaploidy
- noun see hexaploid
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hexaploidy
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hexaploidy — See polyploidy … Medical dictionary
hexaploidy — hex·a·ploidy … English syllables
hexaploidy — dē noun ( es) : the condition of being hexaploid … Useful english dictionary
hexaploid — hexaploidy, n. /hek seuh ployd /, Biol. adj. 1. having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number. n. 2. a hexaploid cell or organism. Cf. polyploid. [1915 20; HEXA + PLOID] * * * … Universalium
Barbus petitjeani — Systematik Otophysi Ordnung: Karpfenartige (Cypriniformes) Überfamilie: Cyprinoidei Familie: Karpfenfische (Cypr … Deutsch Wikipedia
hexaploid — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1912 having or being six times the monoploid chromosome number • hexaploid noun • hexaploidy noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
ploidy — noun Etymology: from such words as diploidy, hexaploidy Date: 1939 degree of repetition of the basic number of chromosomes … New Collegiate Dictionary
hexaploid — [ hɛksəplɔɪd] adjective Genetics having or denoting cells or nuclei containing six homologous sets of chromosomes. Derivatives hexaploidy noun … English new terms dictionary
