monoploidadj.n.
/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)plɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌplɔɪd/ Biology.
A. adj.
Having or designating a single set (containing the basic or haploid number) of chromosomes; spec. designating the member of a polyploid series that has this number of chromosomes.
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haploid1906
amphikaryotic1909
polyenergid1911
polyploid1911
triploid1911
tetraploid1914
hexaploid1920
octoploid1921
pentaploid1921
triplex1921
orthoploid1923
aneuploid1924
heteroploid1926
allopolyploid1927
monoploid1928
haplontic1929
hyperdiploid1929
amphidiploid1930
hyperploid1930
hypoploid1930
polysomic1930
mixoploid1931
allotetraploid1932
autopolyploid1934
autotetraploid1935
autoploid1937
polysomatic1937
monosomatic1939
polyploidizing1941
polyploidogenic1944
amphiploid1945
merodiploid1961
pseudodiploid1963
1928 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 14 64 It should be remembered..that I am dealing with the monoploid sexual generation.
1933 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 19 1022 The ten chromosomes comprising the monoploid set in Zea.
1955 G. F. Sprague Corn & Corn Improvement iv. 131 Monoploid or haploid plants, which have one set of chromosomes, arise spontaneously by the parthenogenetic development of unfertilized eggs.
1996 Genetics 142 1349 Total RNA from leaf tissue of monoploid, diploid, triploid, and tetraploid plants..was analyzed for the expression of 18 genes.
B. n.
A monoploid organism (usually a plant).
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haploid1908
tetraploid1914
haplont1918
hexaploid1921
pentaploid1921
pseudotetraploid1923
octoploid1926
triploid1927
allopolyploid1928
autopolyploid1928
polyploid1928
hyperdiploid1929
allotetraploid1930
autotetraploid1930
hyperploid1930
hypoploid1930
autoploid1932
polysomic1933
mixoploid1939
monoploid1944
amphiploid1945
merozygote1956
merodiploid1964
1944 Genetics 29 232 16 monosomes and five trisomes were found in the 11 aberrant offspring of a monoploid pollinated by a diploid.
1952 A. M. Srb & R. D. Owen Gen. Genetics xi. 215 Doubling the chromosomes of a monoploid can give rise to diploid individuals homozygous for all the gene pairs in the organism.
1987 Crop Sci. 27 461 The rarity of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) monoploids has limited the usefulness of monoploids in sugarbeet breeding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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