triploid

Speech parts

1. triploid - Noun

2. triploid - Adjective

3. triploid - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes

Examples

human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted Source: Internet

All modern plantain cultivars have three sets of chromosomes (i.e. they are triploid). Source: Internet

During double fertilisation in angiosperms the haploid male gamete combines with two haploid polar nuclei to form a triploid primary endosperm nucleus by the process of vegetative fertilisation. Source: Internet

As the zygote develops into an embryo, the triploid cell develops into the endosperm, which serves as the embryo's food supply. Source: Internet

In order to prevent polyspermy and minimise the possibility of producing a triploid zygote, several changes to the egg's zona pellucida renders them impenetrable shortly after the first sperm enters the egg. Source: Internet

In global commerce in 2009, by far the most important cultivars belonged to the triploid AAA group of Musa acuminata, commonly referred to as Cavendish group bananas. Source: Internet

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