haplont
Meanings
noun
- Any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).
Word forms
Etymology
From haplo- + -ont, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).
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