whole-genome duplication

noun

A form of polyploidy in which an organism has duplicate copies of its entire genome

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Meanings

nounwhole-genome duplication (plural whole-genome duplications, abbreviation WGD)

plural whole-genome duplications · abbreviation WGD

  1. biologyA form of polyploidy in which an organism has duplicate copies of its entire genome
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