Search Results for: diploid nucleus
Diploid nucleus
Diploid nucleus a nucleus containing the diploid or normal double complement of chromosomes for one somatic... Read More
Parthenogenesis
To reproduce, by definition, means to produce new offspring. The process is referred to as reproduction, which is one of the... Read More
Vascular plants
Definition of Vascular plants The term 'vascular' is derived from the Latin word vāsculum, vās, meaning "a container and... Read More
Homologous chromosome
A homologous chromosome pertains to one of a pair of chromosomes with the same gene sequence, loci, chromosomal length, and... Read More
Micronucleus
Definition noun, plural: micronuclei The small type of nucleus in ciliates, and is responsible for cell division in... Read More
Meiosis and Alternation of Generations – Quiz
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Polyploidy – Quiz
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Meiosis Stages
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Plant cell
A plant cell refers to any cell of a plant. Plant cells are presumed to have evolved from the early green algae and probably... Read More
Macronucleus
Definition noun, plural: macronuclei The larger type of nucleus involved in non-reproductive functions (as opposed to the... Read More
Animal cell
An animal cell is the fundamental functional unit of life of animals. It is also the basic unit of reproduction. Animal... Read More
Polyploidy
Definition noun (genetics) The state of being polyploid, that is more than two sets of the chromosomes in a... Read More
Heterozygote
Definition noun, plural: heterozygotes A nucleus, cell or organism possessing two different alleles for a particular... Read More
Heterozygous
Heterozygous Definition adjective (genetics) Of, or pertaining to an individual (or a condition in a cell or an organism)... Read More
Homozygote
Definition noun, plural: homozygotes A nucleus, cell or organism where the alleles for a particular gene on each chromosome... Read More
Germinal vesicle
Definition noun The large nucleus of the primary oocyte before meiosis is completed and polar bodies are... Read More
Reduction Division
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four... Read More
Spermiogenesis
Spermiogenesis definition Spermiogenesis is the stage of spermatogenesis wherein the spermatids differentiate into mature... Read More