diploid

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The team discovered that Nepenthes has a decaploid genome in its diploid state, a complex structure almost unprecedented in flowering plants that reflects possession of five whole-genome multiples, or "subgenomes."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

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

In the case of sexual fertilisation, the simple chromosome sets from the egg and sperm cells come together to create a double -- diploid -- chromosome set.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 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)