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euploidy
This term is used exclusively within the specialized register of genetics and cytology. It describes a state of chromosomal balance, contrasting with aneuploidy, where an individual has an abnormal number of chromosomes due to the loss or gain of a single chromosome.
As a technical biological term describing a specific genetic condition, it is treated as an uncountable noun. It refers to the state or phenomenon itself rather than a countable object, and therefore does not typically appear in plural form in scientific literature.
Meanings
Examples
The researcher confirmed the presence of euploidy in the tetraploid wheat.
The researcher confirmed the presence of euploidy in the tetraploid wheat.
Is this specimen an example of euploidy or aneuploidy?
Is this specimen an example of euploidy or aneuploidy?
Euploidy often leads to increased cell size and larger organs in plants.
I wonder if this mutation is a result of euploidy.
The study focuses on how euploidy contributes to speciation in ferns.
We must distinguish between euploidy and the loss of a single chromosome.
We must distinguish between euploidy and the loss of a single chromosome.
The plant showed clear signs of euploidy with its doubled genome.
Does euploidy always result in a viable organism?
The occurrence of euploidy is relatively common in many angiosperms.
The occurrence of euploidy is relatively common in many angiosperms.