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octoploidization

octoploidization noun: modification to become octoploid.

Noun

octoploidization (plural octoploidizations)

  1. Modification to become octoploid
    • Using this approach, a recent study that included genetic data from four of the new species described here proposed that tetraploidization occurred at least once in subgenus Silurana and once in subgenus Xenopus, octoploidization occurred at least three times in subgenus Xenopus, and that...2015 December 17, “Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog ( Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa”, in...

Forms of octoploidization

pluraloctoploidizations

Origin of octoploidization

From octoploid + -ization.

Questions about octoploidization

What does octoploidization mean?
Octoploidization means modification to become octoploid.
What part of speech is octoploidization?
Octoploidization is a noun.
What is the plural of octoploidization?
The plural of octoploidization is octoploidizations.

Words near octoploidization in the dictionary

  1. octopii
  2. octopine
  3. octopines
  4. octoplex
  5. octoploid
  6. octoploidization
  7. octoploidizations
  8. octoploids
  9. octoploidy
  10. octopod
  11. octopodal

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