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

Of the bees sampled, 15% showed evidence of inbreeding, through the presence of what are called diploid males.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 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 embryo-sac remains enclosed in the diploid ovule, and within this from the fertilised egg is formed the embryo which introduces the new diploid generation.

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