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depolyploidizing

depolyploidizing adjective: that reverses the effect of polyploidization. Also the present participle and gerund of depolyploidize.

Adjective

depolyploidizing (not comparable)

  1. That reverses the effect of polyploidization
    • While we find a “diploid” peak in DNA content in the MTF populations, it seems more appropriate to term it “paradiploid”, since it is known that polyploid tumor cells elicit paradiploid progeny through depolyploidizing divisions and regulated autophagic degradation.2015 August 13, “Macrophage-Tumor Cell Fusions from Peripheral Blood of Melanoma Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Also used as

depolyploidizing is also the present participle and gerund of depolyploidize.

Origin of depolyploidizing

From de- + polyploid + -ize + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about depolyploidizing

What does depolyploidizing mean?
Depolyploidizing means that reverses the effect of polyploidization.
What part of speech is depolyploidizing?
Depolyploidizing is an adjective.

Words near depolyploidizing in the dictionary

  1. depolymerizing
  2. depolyploidization
  3. depolyploidize
  4. depolyploidized
  5. depolyploidizes
  6. depolyploidizing
  7. depone
  8. deponed
  9. deponent
  10. deponential
  11. deponently

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