Organism Attribute
diploidy
Subclass of:
Ploidies
Definitions related to diploidy:
  • Having two sets of homologous chromosomes.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • State of having two full sets of homologous chromosomes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The chromosomal constitution of cells, in which each type of CHROMOSOME is represented twice. Symbol: 2N or 2X.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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