triploidization

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noun

The conversion of a diploid or tetraploid organism into a triploid one

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Meanings

nountriploidization (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe conversion of a diploid or tetraploid organism into a triploid one

    In these other populations, the preference of triploid females towards type I males is probably high enough to promote triploidization and counter the effect of the assortative mating occurring among the tetraploid genomotype (Fig 5 ).

    2015 July 17, “Mate Choice Drives Evolutionary Stability in a Hybrid Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From triploid + -ization.

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