Definition
An organism that spends most of its life with diploid cells (containing pairs of chromosomes), with meiosis occurring only during reproduction.
Etymology
From Greek 'diplos' (double) + '-ont' (being or organism). A biological term from the 20th century used in cell and evolutionary biology to classify organisms by their reproductive strategy.
Kelly Says
Humans are diplonts—we have pairs of chromosomes our whole lives, and only during reproduction do we make cells with single chromosomes. Some organisms like algae do the opposite!
Translations
ARالعربية
دبلونت
di-blunt
BNবাংলা
ডিপ্লন্ট
di-plohnt
CACatalà
diplont
di-plohnt
CSČeština
diplont
di-plohnt
DADansk
diplont
di-plohnt
DEDeutsch
diplont
di-plohnt
ELΕλληνικά
διπλοντ
di-plohnt
ESEspañol
diplont
dih-PLONt
FISuomi
diplont
di-plohnt
FRFrançais
diplont
di-plohn
HEעברית
דיפלנט
di-ple-nant
HIहिन्दी
डिप्लॉन्ट
dip-lon-t
HUMagyar
diplont
di-plohnt
IDBahasa Indonesia
diplont
di-plohn
ITItaliano
diplont
di-plohn-te
MSBahasa Melayu
diplont
di-plohn
MYမြန်မာ
ဒီပလွန့်
di-pla-n
NLNederlands
diplont
di-plohnt
NONorsk
diplont
di-plohnt
PLPolski
diplont
di-plohnt
PTPortuguês
diplont
di-plohn
RORomână
diplont
di-plohnt
RUРусский
диплонт
diplont
SVSvenska
diplont
di-plohnt
SWKiswahili
diplont
di-plohn
TAதமிழ்
டிப்ளான்ட்
tip-la-n-t
TEతెలుగు
డిప్లంటు
dip-la-ntu
TRTürkçe
diplont
di-plohn
UKУкраїнська
диплонт
di-plohnt
VITiếng Việt
diplont
di-plohn