Haplodiploid
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Such an organism
Adjective
- 1 In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera not-comparable
"Curiously, female sweat bees, as are most others bees, wasps, and ants in the order Hymenoptera, are haplodiploid organisms, in which fertilized eggs become female young and unfertilized eggs become males."
Example
More examples"Curiously, female sweat bees, as are most others bees, wasps, and ants in the order Hymenoptera, are haplodiploid organisms, in which fertilized eggs become female young and unfertilized eggs become males."
Etymology
From haplo- + diploid.
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