heteroploid

Noun
  1. (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species (synset 101322970)
    referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
    is a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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