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autopolyploidization

autopolyploidization

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Noun

autopolyploidization (plural autopolyploidizations)

  1. (genetics) The process or the result of becoming autopolyploid
    • 2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133748:
      The proposed hypotheses to explain the evolutionary history of this most widespread Anthoxanthum species include autopolyploidization of A.