noun
- Plural of haplosis; the condition or process of becoming haploid, or the reduction of chromosome number from diploid to haploid.
Usage: biology; technical
Examples
- The haploses that occur during meiosis result in gametes with half the chromosome number of the parent cell.
- In fungi, haploses can lead to the formation of haploid spores.
- Researchers studied the molecular mechanisms underlying haploses in yeast cells.