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polyploidy
(redirected from Genome duplication)

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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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My analyses demonstrate that a single genome duplication occurred near the base of the polypod ferns, a lineage that comprises >80% of extant fern diversity.
It has been suggested that a whole genome duplication event has occurred during the evolution of Bivalvia; clams and scallops with 19 chromosomes represent the tetraploid lineage; and oysters with 10 chromosomes represent the diploid lineage (Wang & Guo 2004).
Another more recent genome duplication may have led to the extraordinary diversity of bony fishes (about 30,000 species), which account for about half of vertebrate species.
 
 
 
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