Sentence examples for set of chromosomes from inspiring English sources

From a chromosomal standpoint, the species is diploid, (contains one set of chromosomes from each parent), and has 2n=18.

Perhaps the most radical mutation is the duplication of an entire set of chromosomes.

haploid -- Having a single set of chromosomes in the nucleus of each cell.

With apomictic plants, the embryo, which is inside the seed, contains a full set of chromosomes from the mother.

Reproductive egg and sperm cells are known as haploid because they contain a single set of chromosomes.

These include measures like inducing sterility by giving fish an extra set of chromosomes or exposing insects to radiation.

Fungal cell nuclei are haploid (one set of chromosomes) or dikaryotic (two distinct nuclei from two different parents, each with one set of chromosomes sharing the same cell).

An entire set of chromosomes is represented in integer increments (haploid, one set; diploid, two sets; triploid, three sets).

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. …spores divide mitotically to produce haploid (having a single set of chromosomes) gamete-producing bodies called gametophytes.

There are ways to genetically alter oysters to leave them sterile, by giving them an extra set of chromosomes.

The egg, like the male gamete, bears only a single (haploid) set of chromosomes.