hyperploidy
Describes a cell or organism which has more than the normal total number of chromosomes. For example, humans normally have 46 chromosomes per cell - but if a human individual has 47 or more chromosomes per cell, then that person is hyperploid. Hyperploidy is the opposite of hypoploidy. Selected hyperploidy links:
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