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tetradiploid

tetradiploid is the alternative form of tetraploid.

Meaning of tetraploid

Adjective

tetraploid (not comparable)

  1. Having four sets of chromosomes.
    • In potato, crosses between the tetraploid cultivated species Solanum tuberosum, and some clones of the diploid wild-type species S. phureja, constitute a method of producing maternal dihaploids.1998, C. Horlow, C. Raquin, “A Critical Analysis of Existing Haploidization Techniques”, in Y[ves] Chupeau, M[ichel] Caboche, Y[ves] Henry, editors, Androgenesis and Haploid Plants: […] In Memory of...

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Questions about tetradiploid

What is tetradiploid the alternative form of?
Tetradiploid is the alternative form of tetraploid.

Words near tetradiploid in the dictionary

  1. tetradepsipeptides
  2. tetradeuterated
  3. tetradic
  4. tetradicity
  5. tetradifon
  6. tetradiploid
  7. tetradiploidal
  8. tetradisulfide
  9. tetradisulfides
  10. Tetradite
  11. Tetradites

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