diploid

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However, sometimes the number of chromosome sets doubles from one generation to the next: one diploid organism suddenly becomes a tetraploid -- i.e. it has four sets of chromosomes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

In diploid organisms, one set of chromosomes is inherited from each parent.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

The cranberry is a diploid, which means that each cell contains one set of chromosomes from the maternal parent and one set from the paternal parent.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

And diploid crops tend to have fewer genes associated with a single trait, which makes breeding them to emphasize that trait much simpler.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

The uninitiated sees in the more highly organised plants only a succession of diploid generations.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)