複ふく相そう

noun

diploid phase; diploid state; diplophase

Biology term referring to the phase in the life cycle of an organism or cell where the nucleus contains two sets of chromosomes.

• 多おおくの動どう物ぶつでは、体たい細さい胞ぼうは複ふく相そうである。

  In many animals, somatic cells are in the diploid phase.

• 複ふく相そうの細さい胞ぼうは相そう同どう染せん色しょく体たいを二ふた組くみ持もつ。

  Diploid cells have two sets of homologous chromosomes.