mixoploid

Meanings

Adjective

  • 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

Origin

  • mixo- + -ploid

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