haplont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).

Word forms

haplont haplonts

Etymology

From haplo- + -ont, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).

Related words

zygotic meiosis
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