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decaploid

decaploid adjective: having ten complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.

Adjective

decaploid (not comparable)

  1. having ten complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
    • Furthermore, DArT has been applied successfully to species with large genomes such as barley [2 ] and with complex or/and polyploid genomes such as the decaploid sugarcane [3 ], hexaploid wheat and oat [4 ,5 ] or the paleoploid apple [6 ].2015 December 17, “Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) Marker Platforms for Diversity Analysis and Linkage Mapping in a Complex Crop, the Octoploid Cultivated Strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa )”, in...

Origin of decaploid

From deca- + -ploid.

Questions about decaploid

What does decaploid mean?
Decaploid means having ten complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
What part of speech is decaploid?
Decaploid is an adjective.

Words near decaploid in the dictionary

  1. decapitators
  2. decapitee
  3. decapitees
  4. decaplet
  5. decaplets
  6. decaploid
  7. decaploidy
  8. decapod
  9. decapodal
  10. decapodan
  11. decapodans

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