Alloplast
alloplast
alloplast al·lo·plast (āl’ə-plāst’)
n.
a graft of an inert metal or plastic material.
an inert foreign body used for transplantation into tissues.
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having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are dissimilar and derived from different species. an allopolyploid cell or organism. adjective (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than two sets of haploid chromosomes inherited from different species noun an interspecific hybrid of this type that is therefore fertile allopolyploid al·lo·pol·y·ploid (āl’ə-pŏl’ē-ploid’) adj. having three […]