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paradiploid

paradiploid adjective: less than polyploid and greater than diploid.

Adjective

paradiploid (not comparable)

  1. Less than polyploid and greater than diploid
    • While we find a “diploid” peak in DNA content in the MTF populations, it seems more appropriate to term it “paradiploid”, since it is known that polyploid tumor cells elicit paradiploid progeny through depolyploidizing divisions and regulated autophagic degradation [106 ].2015 August 13, “Macrophage-Tumor Cell Fusions from Peripheral Blood of Melanoma Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    oligoploid

Synonyms of paradiploid

Origin of paradiploid

From para- + diploid.

Questions about paradiploid

What does paradiploid mean?
Paradiploid means less than polyploid and greater than diploid.
What part of speech is paradiploid?
Paradiploid is an adjective.

Words near paradiploid in the dictionary

  1. parading
  2. paradingly
  3. paradings
  4. paradiorthoses
  5. paradiorthosis
  6. paradiploid
  7. paradiplomatic
  8. paradisaeid
  9. paradisaeids
  10. paradisaeine
  11. paradisaic

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