Meanings
nounhypohaploidy (usually uncountable, plural hypohaploidies)
plural hypohaploidies
- uncountableusuallyThe state of having less than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
In parallel the rate of sperm hyper-, hypohaploidy and diploidy was the highest ever noted.
2000, Bernardini L, Gianaroli L, Fortini D, Conte N, Magli C, Cavani S, Gaggero G, Tindiglia C, Ragni N, Venturini PL, “Frequency of hyper-, hypohaploidy and diploidy in ejaculate, epididymal and testicular germ cells of infertile patients”, in Human Reproduction, volume 15, number 10, →DOI, →PMID, pages 2165–2172
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