| Term Name: | ploidy |
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| Definition: | A cellular quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's number of homologous sets of chromosomes in the nucleus or primary chromosome-containing compartment of the cell, each set essentially coding for all the biological traits of the organism. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001374] |