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hyperhaploidy

hyperhaploidy noun: the state of having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.

Noun

hyperhaploidy (usually uncountable, plural hyperhaploidies)

  1. (usually) The state of having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
    • The frequency of sperm-derived hyperhaploidy did not differ significantly between the in vivo (3.4%) and in vitro (5.9%) populations, but did between unaged (2.5%) and aged (6.8%) sperm (chi c2 = 5.74, P less than 0.01). All hyperhaploid zygotes had a complement of n + 1 chromosomes, except the...1992, MC Sapp, PA Martin-DeLeon, “Sperm age, sex ratio, and hyperhaploidy frequency in mice”, in Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, volume 61, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, pages 61–66
    • Additional work is required to confirm the real frequency of hyperhaploidy in the heterogeneous population of germ cells retrieved at testicular level.2000, Bernardini L, Gianaroli L, Fortini D, Conte N, Magli C, Cavani S, Gaggero G, Tindiglia C, Ragni N, Venturini PL, “Frequency of hyper-, hypohaploidy and diploidy in ejaculate, epididymal and...

Forms of hyperhaploidy

pluralhyperhaploidies

Origin of hyperhaploidy

From hyper- + haploidy.

Questions about hyperhaploidy

What does hyperhaploidy mean?
Hyperhaploidy means the state of having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
What part of speech is hyperhaploidy?
Hyperhaploidy is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperhaploidy?
The plural of hyperhaploidy is hyperhaploidies.

Words near hyperhaploidy in the dictionary

  1. hyperhalophilic
  2. hyperhamiltonian
  3. hyperhaploid
  4. hyperhaploidies
  5. hyperhaploids
  6. hyperhaploidy
  7. hyperheavy
  8. hyperhedonia
  9. hyperhedonic
  10. hyperhelium
  11. hyperhemodynamic

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