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Record 1 2007-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

[A condition] when a normally diploid organism losses one complete set of chromosomes.

OBS

Some species of insects including wasps, ants and bees produce monoploid workers from unfertilized eggs.

OBS

Humans cannot survive as monoploids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Alteración en la que un organismo pierde un juego de cromosomas.

CONT

Si se altera el número de cromosomas en un juego, es decir, [hay] un juego menos, es una monoploidía, y el individuo se llama monoploide [...]

OBS

No confundir con haploidía, que es una situación "normal" de los gametos sexuales en individuos diploides.

OBS

haploidía: Condición de una célula o de un organismo viviente que consiste en poseer un juego completo de cromosomas simple, no duplicado.

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