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adjectiveparadiploid (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyLess than polyploid and greater than diploid
While we find a “diploid” peak in DNA content in the MTF populations, it seems more appropriate to term it “paradiploid”, since it is known that polyploid tumor cells elicit paradiploid progeny through depolyploidizing divisions and regulated autophagic degradation [106 ].
2015 August 13, “Macrophage-Tumor Cell Fusions from Peripheral Blood of Melanoma Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOISynonyms: oligoploid
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLess than polyploid and greater than diploid
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