Definition of diplohaplontic in English:
diplohaplontic
adjectiveˌdɪpləʊhapˈlɒntɪkˌdiplōhapˈlän(t)ik
Genetics (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which full-grown haploid and diploid forms alternate.
Compare with diplontic and haplontic
Example sentencesExamples
- Among these groups there are three distinctly different life-histories: haplontic, diplontic, and diplohaplontic.
- Other general features include an isomorphic diplohaplontic life history and asexual reproduction in some genera from distinctively shaped vegetative propagules.
- Most species are diplohaplontic, with an alternation of free-living generations.
- Mosses have a sporic (diplohaplontic) life cycle that is oogamous, and may represent the link between thallophytes (flat, stemless and rootless plants such as liverworts) and cormophytes (plants with distinct leaves, stems, and roots).
- Sporic life cycles are sometimes called diplohaplontic, indicating that both diploid and haploid free-living stage occur.
Definition of diplohaplontic in US English:
diplohaplontic
adjectiveˌdiplōhapˈlän(t)ik
Genetics (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which full-grown haploid and diploid forms alternate.
Compare with diplontic and haplontic
Example sentencesExamples
- Most species are diplohaplontic, with an alternation of free-living generations.
- Sporic life cycles are sometimes called diplohaplontic, indicating that both diploid and haploid free-living stage occur.
- Other general features include an isomorphic diplohaplontic life history and asexual reproduction in some genera from distinctively shaped vegetative propagules.
- Among these groups there are three distinctly different life-histories: haplontic, diplontic, and diplohaplontic.
- Mosses have a sporic (diplohaplontic) life cycle that is oogamous, and may represent the link between thallophytes (flat, stemless and rootless plants such as liverworts) and cormophytes (plants with distinct leaves, stems, and roots).