tetraploidization
nounEtymology From tetraploid + -ization.
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Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences 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 Pelophylax esculentus”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
- Derived terms
- allotetraploidization, autotetraploidization