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Dikaryotic vs Diploid - What's the difference?

dikaryotic | diploid |

As adjectives the difference between dikaryotic and diploid

is that dikaryotic is containing two nuclei while diploid is of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.

As a noun diploid is

a cell which is diploid.

dikaryotic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
  • (biology) Relating to a dikaryon

    • References

    * Merriam-Webster.com[http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/dikaryotic] * Phelan, Jay. What is life? A guide to biology. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. 2010. Print.

    External links

    * Fungionline.org.uk[http://www.fungionline.org.uk/7sexual/5dikaryon.html]

    diploid

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (cytology) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
  • (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

    • Derived terms

    * diploidy

    See also

    * haploid * polyploid * tetraploid * triploid

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cell which is diploid.
  • An organism with diploid cells.