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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). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Guayule is not only normally a tetraploid (although diploids, polyhaploids, triploids and octaploids all spontaneously occur), but it is also a facultative apomictic producing a mixture of seed types depending upon environmental conditions (ref. Diploids are less closely related to each other than ants and bees, whose males inherit only one set, from the female. |
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