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allopolyploidy

allopolyploidy noun: a form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.

Noun

allopolyploidy (uncountable)

  1. A form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.
    • Several important crops such as wheat, cotton and canola are of allopolyploidy that contains two or more divergent genomes, and some plants and animals exist as interspecific hybrids.2008 November 23, Zhongfu Ni, et al., “Altered circadian rhythms regulate growth vigour in hybrids and allopolyploids”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07523

allopolyploidy meaning in Kannada

allopolyploidy in Kannada

ಹೆರಹಲಬಣ್ಣದಂಡತೆ

Antonyms of allopolyploidy

Questions about allopolyploidy

What does allopolyploidy mean?
Allopolyploidy means a form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.
What is allopolyploidy in Kannada?
Allopolyploidy in Kannada is ಹೆರಹಲಬಣ್ಣದಂಡತೆ. See Allopolyploidy meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is allopolyploidy?
Allopolyploidy is a noun.

Words near allopolyploidy in the dictionary

  1. allopolyploidisation
  2. allopolyploidisations
  3. allopolyploidization
  4. allopolyploidizations
  5. allopolyploids
  6. allopolyploidy
  7. alloposid
  8. alloposids
  9. allopreen
  10. allopreened
  11. allopreening

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