Paradiploid

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Less than polyploid and greater than diploid not-comparable

    "While we find a “diploid” peak in DNA content in the MTF populations, it seems more appropriate to term it “paradiploid”, since it is known that polyploid tumor cells elicit paradiploid progeny through depolyploidizing divisions and regulated autophagic degradation [106 ]."

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oligoploidoligoploid

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"While we find a “diploid” peak in DNA content in the MTF populations, it seems more appropriate to term it “paradiploid”, since it is known that polyploid tumor cells elicit paradiploid progeny through depolyploidizing divisions and regulated autophagic degradation [106 ]."

Etymology

From para- + diploid.

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