- octoploid⇄adj. having a chromosome number that is eight times the haploid number.
Ex. C(eratophrys) ornata and C. dorsata [South American frogs] both are octoploid, each having 104 chromosomes which can be ordered into 13 groups of eight homologs each (A. O - octoploid⇄noun an octoploid organism or cell.
- octoploid⇄octoploid, adjective, noun.
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