hypertriploid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hyper- +‎ triploid

Adjective[edit]

hypertriploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Having more than three sets of chromosomes
    • 2016 January 26, “Mitochondrial Protein PGAM5 Regulates Mitophagic Protection against Cell Necroptosis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      HT-29 cell is a colon adenocarcinoma tumor cell line with hypertriploid chromosome, abnormal mitochondria, and a p53 gene mutation [43 ], and therefore may present an abnormal picture of physiological cell death pathways.

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