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  • noun The state or condition of being diploid.

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  • noun genetics The state of being diploid

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  • noun the condition of being diploid

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Examples

  • Ants, bees, and wasps (but not termites) have a peculiar genetic system called haplo-diploidy, in which females are produced sexually and have two sets of genes but males are produced asexually and have one set of genes.

    David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection IV: The Great Reckoning 2009

  • A consequence of haplo-diploidy is that, when a female mates with a single male, her daughters have a 75% chance of sharing the same genes (because they all get the same genes from their father) rather than a 50% chance for diploid species.

    David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection IV: The Great Reckoning 2009

  • Right away, the book stimulated a useful discussion on embryogenesis, haploidy, diploidy, gastrulation, and neurulation.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Douglas Hoffman 2006

  • Right away, the book stimulated a useful discussion on embryogenesis, haploidy, diploidy, gastrulation, and neurulation.

    Late night variety pak Douglas Hoffman 2006

  • This virtual web server sturdiness diploidy your rutherfordium off with hot dextrose, leader, orthodontic succory, fatalistic christ, and noiselessly.

    Rational Review 2009

  • A consequence of haplo-diploidy is that, when a female mates with a single male, her daughters have a 75% chance of sharing the same genes (because they all get the same genes from their father) rather than a 50% chance for diploid species.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • What about lateral gene transfer then? does that break the magic line of how much genetic difference constitutes a ‘new’ organism? diploidy? single point mutation? it’s all arbitrary. we can put labels on it for convenience’s sake; but really - we are all really, really, really old.

    The Earth’s Elder Sean 2009

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