Definition of euploid in English:
euploid
adjective ˈjuːplɔɪdˈyo͞oploid
Genetics Having an equal number of all the chromosomes of the haploid set.
Example sentencesExamples
- Within both groups, many plants possessed a genome content that deviated from the euploid parents by at least the approximate size of one chromosome.
- Aneuploid pollen grains compete poorly with euploid pollen and so aneuploidies are eliminated when propagated through the male.
- First, of the population of tetraploid cells that enter stationary phase, both euploid and aneuploid members can be rescued by starvation in water.
- When colonies are formed, the resulting cells tend to have euploid genomes derived from the aneuploid state by chromosome loss.
- The pilot study shows that in vitro grown and matured oocytes from preantral follicles that progress to metaphase II possess euploid numbers of chromosomes.
Derivatives
noun
Genetics To obtain a more precise determination of genome size in some of these lines, multiple individuals from a few of the lines with genome content values furthest from euploidy were grown and their genome size was determined.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although trisomic plants segregate for only two genetic conditions, euploidy and hyperploidy, the system is simpler to use than B-A translocations.
Origin
Early 20th century: from eu- + -oid as in diploid, haploid.