mixoploid
Meanings
adj
- Having cells with different numbers of chromosomes. The genetically different cell populations usually arise from the same zygote (mosaicism) or, more rarely, they originate from different zygotes (chimerism).
noun
- An organism with such cells.
Word forms
Etymology
From mixo- + -ploid.
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