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tetraploidisation

tetraploidisation is the alternative form of tetraploidization.

Meaning of tetraploidization

Noun

tetraploidization (plural tetraploidizations)

  1. The doubling of chromosomes to produce tetraploidy
    • It has been shown, however, that triploid forms producing diploid gametes in one sex and haploid ones in the other sex can act as a stepping stone towards tetraploidization (triploid bridge; [ 93 – 95 ]).2015 July 4, Heinz-Ulrich Reyer, Christian Arioli-Jakob, Martina Arioli, “Post-zygotic selection against parental genotypes during larval development maintains all-hybrid populations of the frog...

Forms of tetraploidisation

pluraltetraploidisations

Questions about tetraploidisation

What is tetraploidisation the alternative form of?
Tetraploidisation is the alternative form of tetraploidization.

Words near tetraploidisation in the dictionary

  1. tetraplicate
  2. tetraplicates
  3. tetraploid
  4. tetraploidic
  5. tetraploidies
  6. tetraploidisation
  7. tetraploidisations
  8. tetraploidism
  9. tetraploidization
  10. tetraploidizations
  11. tetraploidize

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