Azygote
Definition
A haploid organism or cell resulting from a parthenogenetic developmental process, without prior fertilization of gametes; an individual that develops directly from an unfertilized egg, possessing a single set of chromosomes and lacking paired genes.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Azygote
- Azygous
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Masculine noun, plural 'azigoți'. Variable adjective with standard structural forms. |
| Formation | Formed by adding the privative prefix 'a-' to the noun 'zygote' (from Greek 'zygotos' - yoked, joined). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.zi.ˈgot] |
| Source | Glossary of Cytogenetics and Evolutionary Biology |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În cadrul experimentului de clonare, acest trântor s-a dezvoltat ca un azigot perfect viabil.
EN: Within the cloning experiment, this drone developed as a perfectly viable azygote.
RO: Populația de laborator includea atât zigoți diploizi normativali, cât și un specimen azigot izolat.
EN: The laboratory population included both normative diploid zygotes and an isolated azygote specimen.
RO: Structura genetică azigotă nu permite mascarea mutațiilor dăunătoare prin alele dominante.
EN: The azygote genetic structure does not allow harmful mutations to be masked by dominant alleles.
Idioms & Phrases
Genom azigot / Azygote genome
RO: Set complet de gene aparținând unui organism haploid care nu prezintă dublură alelică.
EN: A complete set of genes belonging to a haploid organism that lacks allelic duplication.
Condiție azigotă / Azygote condition
RO: Starea unei celule de a avea un număr înjumătățit de cromozomi în afara ciclului sexual tipic.
EN: The state of a cell having a halved number of chromosomes outside the typical sexual cycle.
Ciclu azigot / Azygote cycle
RO: Traseu evolutiv sau reproductiv bazat exclusiv pe organisme apărute din gameți nefecundați.
EN: An evolutionary or reproductive pathway based exclusively on organisms emerging from unfertilized gametes.
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