different between zygote vs mixoploid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (zug?tós, “yoked”), past participle of ????? (zugó?, “to yoke”), from ????? (zugón, “yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”). Cognate with yoke and jugular.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?za????t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?za??o?t/

Noun

zygote (plural zygotes)

1. A fertilized egg cell.

   Hyponyms: homozygote, heterozygote

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Translations

Further reading

• zygote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi.??t/

Noun

zygote m (plural zygotes)

1. zygote

Derived terms

• zygotique

Further reading

• “zygote” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

mixo- +? -ploid

Adjective

mixoploid

1. (genetics) Having cells with different numbers of chromosomes. The genetically different cell populations usually arise from the same zygote (mosaicism) or, more rarely, they originate from different zygotes (chimerism).

Noun

mixoploid (plural mixoploids)

1. An organism with such cells.

Related terms

• mixoploidy