heteroploid

Definitions of heteroploid
  1. noun
    (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species
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    type of:
    being, organism
    a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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