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polyploidy
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pol·y·ploid  (pl-ploid)
adj.
Having one or more extra sets of chromosomes: a polyploid species; a polyploid cell.
n.
An organism with more than two sets of chromosomes.

poly·ploidy n.

polyploidy  (pl-ploid)
The state or condition of being polyploid.
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Noun1.polyploidy - the condition of being polyploid
condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition"


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is their fertile, allotetraploid hybrid, and at least one sterile, triploid backcross hybrid was reported.
Also, growth vigor was higher in allotetraploid plants (polyploids formed by combining two different Arabidopsis species) than standard hybrids (formed through combining the same species).
RAPD and microsatellite analysis of diploid gynogens from allotetraploid hybrids of red crucian carp (Carassins auratus) X common carp (Cyprinus carpio).
 
 
 
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