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  2. Ploidy - Wikipedia

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    An alternative usage defines "haploid" as having a single copy of each chromosome – that is, one and only one set of chromosomes. [19] In this case, the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell is said to be haploid only if it has a single set of chromosomes, each one not being part of a pair. By extension a cell may be called haploid if its nucleus has ...

  3. Hybrid speciation - Wikipedia

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    One of these hybrids (the tigon) carries growth-inhibitor genes from both parents and thus is smaller than either parent species [12] and might in the wild come into competition with smaller carnivores, e.g. the leopard. The other hybrid, the liger, ends up larger than either of its parents: about a thousand pounds (450 kilograms) fully grown. [12]

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    Turns out, Democracy isn’t just a human behavior. Animals take part in it as well! The African buffalo is one of the animals most well-known for using a voting tactic to make travel decisions.

  5. Hybrid (biology) - Wikipedia

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    A mule is a sterile hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.Mules are smaller than horses but stronger than donkeys, making them useful as pack animals.. In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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    Each question asks you to identify the one thing that breaks the pattern or doesn’t belong.Are you ready to prove your mental prowess? Let’s do this! 🕵️‍♀️ Puzzle Your Brain: 30 Odd ...

  7. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    Twisted out of the normal shape. convolute 1. Referring to the arrangement of floral or foliar organs in a bud when each organ or segment has one edge overlapping the adjacent organ or segment; a form of imbricate arrangement. See contort. 2. (of leaves) A type of vernation in which one leaf is rolled up inside another. 3.

  8. Human chimera - Wikipedia

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    A human chimera is a human with a subset of cells with a distinct genotype than other cells, that is, having genetic chimerism.In contrast, an individual where each cell contains genetic material from a human and an animal is called a human–animal hybrid, while an organism that contains a mixture of human and non-human cells would be a human-animal chimera.

  9. Pinnation - Wikipedia

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    Pinnation is commonly referred to in contrast to "palmation", in which the parts or structures radiate out from a common point. The terms "pinnation" and "pennation" are cognate , and although they are sometimes used distinctly, there is no consistent difference in the meaning or usage of the two words.