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haplodiploidy

haplodiploidy noun: a sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.

Noun

haplodiploidy (uncountable)

  1. A sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.

Questions about haplodiploidy

What does haplodiploidy mean?
Haplodiploidy means a sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.
What part of speech is haplodiploidy?
Haplodiploidy is a noun.

Words near haplodiploidy in the dictionary

  1. haplodeficient
  2. haplodepletion
  3. haplodiplobiontic
  4. haplodiploid
  5. haplodiploids
  6. haplodiploidy
  7. haplodiplontic
  8. haplodont
  9. haplodonty
  10. haplogenotype
  11. haplogenotypes

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