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Old Sat Jul 2, 2011, 07:02 PM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
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Greg,

I too think that diploid refers to having a pair of each chromosome in the cell. In other words, being normal, as opposed to having monosomies or trisomies. Being any of the three can be predictive.

I've also run across the words tetraploid, polyploid, and hyperdiploid.
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