autopolyploidization

noun

The process or the result of becoming autopolyploid

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Meanings

nounautopolyploidization (countable and uncountable, plural autopolyploidizations)

plural autopolyploidizations

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe process or the result of becoming autopolyploid

    The proposed hypotheses to explain the evolutionary history of this most widespread Anthoxanthum species include autopolyploidization of A.

    2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From autopolyploid + -ization.

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