Definition of haplodiploid in English:
haplodiploid
adjective ˌhaplə(ʊ)ˈdɪplɔɪdˌhaplōˈdiploid
Biology Denoting or possessing a genetic system in which females develop from fertilized (diploid) eggs and males from unfertilized (haploid) ones.
Example sentencesExamples
- The most common mode of haplodiploid reproduction is arrhenotoky where males develop from unfertilized haploid eggs and females from fertilized diploid eggs.
- Easypop can simulate haploid, diploid, or haplodiploid organisms.
- Haploid development results in production of male progeny in the haplodiploid Nasonia but is lethal in mosquitoes and Drosophila.
- The honeybee, like other hymenopteran species, is characterized by a haplodiploid system of reproduction.
- However, results for X-linked loci are also generally applicable to any haplodiploid genetic system.