Ploidy

Pronunciation

Definition 1

The number of sets of chromosomes in a cell or an organism. For example, haploid means one set and diploid means two sets. (NCI Dictionary)

Definition 2

The number of chromosome set per cell. (NCI Thesaurus)

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