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Diploid

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diploid
Biology (of cells or organisms) having pairs of homologous chromosomes so that twice the haploid number is present

diploid [′di‚plȯid]
(crystallography)
A crystal form in the isometric system having 24 similar quadrilateral faces arranged in pairs.
(genetics)
Having two complete chromosome pairs in a nucleus (2N).

Diploid 

an organism whose cells have a double (diploid; 2n) set of chromosomes, representing a single (haploid; n) set of paired homologous chromosomes. For example, man has 23 pairs of chromosomes (n = 23’,2n = 46), and an onion has eight pairs of chromosomes (n = 8; 2n = 16). The transition from the diploid state (diplophase) to the haploid (haplo-phase) is accomplished by the first meiotic division, as a result of which the sex cells, or gametes, are formed. When the gametes fuse, the diploid number of chromosomes is restored.



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Manton's extensive survey demonstrated that most ferns had extraordinarily high chromosome numbers and that often what appeared to be polymorphic species were actually reticulate complexes of diploid species and their allopolyploid derivatives.
Candida albicans, a diploid asexual fungus, is fond of warm moist areas and starts multiplying very rapidly when it is able to find such an area within a human or an animal body It is mainly responsible for vaginal yeast infection among women Candida albicans, a diploid asexual fungus, is fond of warm moist areas and starts multiplying very rapidly when it is able to find such an area within a human or an animal body.
 
 
 
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