allotetraploidization

noun

allogeneic tetraploidization; modification to become allotetraploid

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Meanings

nounallotetraploidization (plural allotetraploidizations)

plural allotetraploidizations

  1. biologyallogeneic tetraploidization; modification to become allotetraploid

    Alternative scenarios for allotetraploidization involving more than one allopolyploidization event in Xenopus are discussed in Supplementary Information of Bewick et al.

    2015 December 17, “Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog ( Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From allo- + tetraploidization.

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