👉 Phyllostomous is a medical term that refers to an organism with two sets of chromosomes, one set inherited from one parent and the other from another. This means that there are two copies of each chromosome in a cell, which makes it more difficult for genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia or Down syndrome to be passed down through generations. Phyllostomous organisms can have different genetic variations due to mutations that occur during development, but they do not inherit the same set of