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haplonts

haplonts is the plural of haplont.

Meaning of haplont

Noun

haplont (plural haplonts)

  1. Any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).
    • The behavior of haplont Nicotiana glutinosa is in harmony with the foregoing facts. […] The occurrence of diploid cells in the callus of decapitated haplonts may be attributed to causes similar to those resulting in diploid cells in proximal callus.1933, John Milton Webber, Cytological Features of Nicotiana Glucinosa Haplonts, M. C. Merrill (editorial supervisor), Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 47, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page...

Questions about haplonts

What is haplonts the plural of?
Haplonts is the plural of haplont.

Words near haplonts in the dictionary

  1. haploneme
  2. haplonemes
  3. haplons
  4. haplont
  5. haplontic
  6. haplonts
  7. haploperox
  8. haploperoxes
  9. haplophase
  10. haplophases
  11. haplophasic

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