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Etymology edit

hypo- +‎ haploid

Adjective edit

hypohaploid (comparative more hypohaploid, superlative most hypohaploid) (usually uncomparable)

  1. Having less than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
    • 1989, Cannon GC, Van KT, Heinhorst S, Trinh TH, Weissbach A, “An examination of the plastid DNA of hypohaploid Nicotiana plumbaginifolia plants”, in Plant Physiology, volume 90, number 2, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 390–393:
      DNA was extracted from different morphological types of hypohaploid Nicotiana plumbaginifolia plants. The cellular levels of chloroplast DNA (expressed as percent of total DNA) were found to be approximately two- to threefold higher in two albino hypohaploids than in a green hypohaploid. The level of chloroplast DNA in the green hypohaploid was not significantly different from either in vitro or in vivo grown haploid N. plumbaginifolia plants.

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Noun edit

hypohaploid (plural hypohaploids)

  1. (nominalization) A hypohaploid organism.
    • 1989, Cannon GC, Van KT, Heinhorst S, Trinh TH, Weissbach A, “An examination of the plastid DNA of hypohaploid Nicotiana plumbaginifolia plants”, in Plant Physiology, volume 90, number 2, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 390–393:
      DNA was extracted from different morphological types of hypohaploid Nicotiana plumbaginifolia plants. The cellular levels of chloroplast DNA (expressed as percent of total DNA) were found to be approximately two- to threefold higher in two albino hypohaploids than in a green hypohaploid. The level of chloroplast DNA in the green hypohaploid was not significantly different from either in vitro or in vivo grown haploid N. plumbaginifolia plants.

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