different between monoploidy vs polyploidy

monoploidy

English

Etymology

monoploid +? -y

Noun

monoploidy (uncountable)

  1. (genetics) The state of being monoploid

Translations

monoploidy From the web:

  • what is monoploidy and haploidy
  • monoploidy and haploidy difference


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

polyploidy From the web:

  • what's polyploidy in biology
  • polyploidy what does it do
  • what causes polyploidy
  • what is polyploidy in plants
  • what is polyploidy breeding
  • what is polyploidy in plant breeding
  • what is polyploidy class 12
  • what is polyploidy and aneuploidy
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