different between polyploidy vs euploidy

polyploidy

English

Etymology

From polyploid +? -y, after German Polyploidie.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p?l?pl??di/

Noun

polyploidy (usually uncountable, plural polyploidies)

  1. (genetics) The condition of being polyploid or the process of becoming polyploid
    • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 90:
      As they mature, the DNA is replicated several times but the cell does not divide, a condition known as polyploidy which allows cells to increase in size.

Derived terms

  • endopolyploidy

Related terms

  • ploidy

Translations

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euploidy

English

Etymology

eu- +? ploidy

Noun

euploidy (usually uncountable, plural euploidies)

  1. (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.

Derived terms

  • aneuploidy

Translations

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  • what does aneuploidy mean
  • what is euploidy and its types
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