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diploid
individual or cell having two complete sets of chromosomes
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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The number of chromosomes in most cells except the gametes. In humans, the diploid number is 46.
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a polyploid formed from the union of two separate chromosome sets and their subsequent doubling. An organism produced by hybridization of two species followed by chromosome doubling. An allotetraploid that appears to be a normal diploid.
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Diploid cells have two copies (homologs) of each chromosome (both sex- and non-sex determining chromosomes), usually one from the mother and one from the father. Most somatic cells (body cells) of complex organisms are diploid.
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Diploid cells (meaning double in Greek) have two copies (homologs) of each chromosome (both sex- and non-sex determining chromosomes), usually one from the mother and one from the father.
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Diploid
A full set of genetic material, consisting of paired chromosomes one chromosome from each parental set. Most animal cells except the gamete have a diploid set of chromosomes. The diploid human genome has 46 chromosomes.
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Diploid cells (2N) have two complete sets of chromosomes. The body cells of animals are diploid.
Haploid cells have one complete set of chromosomes. In animals, gametes (sperm and eggs) are haploid.
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diploid life cycle -- Occurs when the only multicellular stage in an organism's life cycle is diploid.
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Diploid
An organism which contains pairs of each chromosome.
Direct repeats
Two identical (or nearly identical) nucleotide sequences sometimes separated by a sequence of non-repeated DNA. For example, 3' TAGT . . . TAGT 5'
5' ATCA . . . ATCA 3' ...
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Diploid: Having a full set of genetic material consisting of paired chromosomes that contain one chromosome from each parent.
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Diploid numbers of some commonly studied organisms
(as well as a few extreme examples)
Homo sapiens (human)
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diploid Cells that contain homologous chromosomes. The number of chromosomes in the cells is the diploid number and is equal to 2n (n is the number of homologous pairs).
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diploid cell
(dip-loyd) [Gk. di, double, two + ploion, vessel]
A cell containing two sets of chromosomes (2n), one set inherited from each parent.
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diploid: cells having two sets of chromosomes.
diploid nuclei: contained within a mass of cytoplasm within cellular slime molds.
disaccharides: sugars composed of two molecules.
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Diploid cell. A cell which contains two copies of each chromosome. See Haploid cell.
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diploid Having the somatic (double, or 2N) number of chromosomes or twice the number characteristic of a gamete of a given species.
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Diploid having two sets of chromosomes
(diplo = double two; ploid = a set of chromosomes)
Disaccharide a slightly more complex sugar consisting of two monosaccharides bonded together by dehydration synthesis
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diploid
Refers to a cell nucleus containing two of each type of chromosome. Refers to an organism in the main life stage having cell nuclei having two of each type of chromosome, written as 2N.
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Diploid: A full set of genetic material, consisting of paired chromosomes one chromosome from each parental set. Most animal cells except the gametes have a diploid set of chromosomes. The diploid human genome has 46 chromosomes. Compare haploid.
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Diploid number
(2n): The full complement of chromosomes in a somatic cell (or a sex cell before meiosis). In humans, the diploid number is 46.
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Diploid organisms have two copies of each gene. When a mutation in one copy occurs the organism can have alternate alleles with different properties.
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Sporophyte. Diploid stage in the life cycle of a plant
Spring diatom increase. The major rapid population increase of diatoms, occurring in the spring in temperate-boreal latitudes ...
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Some organisms are diploid - that is, they have paired homologous chromosomes in their somatic cells, and thus contain two copies of each gene.
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Alternate forms of a gene or DNA sequence, which occur on either of two homologous chromosomes in a diploid organism. (See DNA polymorphism.) Alternative mRNA splicing. The inclusion or exclusion of different exons to form different mRNA transcripts.
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As stated supra note 1, each parent donates a haploid number of chromosomes to the offspring, giving it a diploid number. In donating a haploid number of chromosomes, each parent donates one allele to the offspring. See Brian R.
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Diploid cells resulting from the mating of Romans and Greeks do not make any pheromones or pheromone receptors.
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diplo- double diploid Having two sets of genetic information; describing a cell with two chromosomes of each type. dipole A molecule having both partial positive and partial negative charges.
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Mammalian genomic DNA (including that of humans) contains 6x109 base pairs of DNA per diploid cell.
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[Gr. spermatos - seed, semen; Gr. gone - seed]. Diploid germ cells in the testis of males that gives rise to spermatocytes through repeated mitotic divisions.
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Meiosis: the process of cell division in which a single cell produces four daughter cells each of which contains half of the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. For example, a single diploid spermatogonium (primordial germ cell) will divide ...
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The condition of a cell or of an organism that has additions or deletions of a small number of whole chromosomes from the expected balanced diploid number of chromosomes.
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So the cells are synchronized and they fuse and make a diploid cell. Those hormones also arrest division in G1, so we called this point of control in yeast cells "start," because it was the point in whichcontrol occurred.
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