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Definition of Triploid
1. Adjective. Of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes. "Human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted"
Definition of Triploid
1. Adjective. (genetics) Having three sets of chromosomes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Triploid
1. a cell having a chromosome number that is three times the basic number [n -S]
Medical Definition of Triploid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Triploid
Literary usage of Triploid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Performance Standards for Safely Conducting Research with Genetically edited by Walter A. Hill (1998)
"Steroidogenesis and Reproductive Behavior triploid males of some fish species
... Despite abnormal gonad development, triploid rainbow trout exhibit normal ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"In addition, some of the unisexual species are triploid clones, each individual
... Two steps of hybridization were involved in the origin of the triploid ..."
3. Aquacultural Genetics and Breeding: National Research Priorities by Graham A E Gall (1997)
"Other notable examples of valuable triploid animals include triploid oysters
which have desirable meat quality year-round and triploid catfish which have a ..."
4. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"A triploid condition (3JV) has been found to occur in certain types of the evening
... the father, that triploid types appear three times in 1000 cases. ..."
5. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"Within the unlined portion of the canal, the triploid grass carp ... Electrofishing
CPE of triploid grass carp in the Coachella Canal, 1986-1989, by reach. ..."
6. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"These nuclei fuse with each other and with the male pronucleus, giving rise to
a cleavage nucleus which contains a triploid amount of chromatin. 2. ..."
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