Definition of Euploidy

1. Noun. (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Euploidy

1. the state of being a euploid [n -DIES]

Medical Definition of Euploidy

1. Polyploidy in which the chromosome number is an integer multiple of the starting number. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euploidy

euphyllophyte
euphyllophytes
eupione
eupittone
eupittonic
euplasia
euplastic
euplastic lymph
euplastics
euplectella
euplectellas
euplexoptera
euploid
euploidies
euploids
euploidy (current term)
euplotes
eupnaea
eupnea
eupneas
eupneic
eupnoea
eupnoeas
eupnoeic
eupnœa
eupnœic
eupraxia
eupraxy
euprocin hydrochloride
eupryion

Literary usage of Euploidy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Whole Life Cycle of Chromosomes and Their Coiling Systems: Transactions, APS by L. R. Cleveland (2008)
"... however an- euploidy and polyploidy have occurred throughout the group, producing forms with three and four chromosomes in all four genera and, ..."

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