Crossword-Solution: DIPLOID
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Diploid | n. | A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “DIPLOID”
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| CELL with chromosomes in homologous pairs (biol.) | 1 answer |
| Having two of each chromosome | 1 answer |
| denoting a cell or organism with pairs of homologous chromosomes | 1 answer |
| CELL ___ | 57 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with DIPLOID (5)
Every sexual differentiation in organisms, which occurred in the course of phylogenetic development, was followed by fertilisation and therefore by the creation of a diploid or double-chromosome product.
The haploid generation suffered a proportional reduction, until it finally ceased to have an independent existence and became restricted to the role of producing the sexual products within the body of the diploid generation.
The embryo-sac remains enclosed in the diploid ovule, and within this from the fertilised egg is formed the embryo which introduces the new diploid generation.
Boveri in 1902.) The recently discovered fact that in diploid nuclei the chromosomes are arranged in pairs affords additional evidence in favour of the unequal value of the chromosomes.
Haploids don’t reproduce, and the only way the diploid number of chromosomes can be kept is to replace those lost by maturation division of the ovum.
Quotes with DIPLOID (1)
Given the choice, a yeast cell's ideal state is to be diploid. But if it's in an environment with a lack of nutrients, you know what happens? The diploids break into haploids again. Solitary little haploids. Because, in a crisis, it's easier to survive as a single cell.