Definition of Allopolyploid

1. Adjective. (genetics) Having multiple complete sets of chromosomes derived from different species ¹

2. Noun. (biology) Such an organism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allopolyploid

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Medical Definition of Allopolyploid

1. A hybrid, usually a plant, which is created from two closely-related species and contains one or more extra sets of chromosomes (i.e. If each parent normally has two sets, the hybrid may have four). See: polyploid. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allopolyploid

allophthalmia
allophycocyanin
allophycocyanine
allophycocyanines
allophycocyanins
alloplasia
alloplasm
alloplasms
alloplast
alloplastic
alloplastics
alloplasty
alloploid
alloploidy
allopoiesis
allopolyploid (current term)
allopolyploids
allopolyploidy
allopregnane
allopregnanolone
allopsychic
allopurinol
allopurinols
allopyranose
allopyranoside
allopyranosides
alloquies
alloquy
alloreactive
alloreactivities

Literary usage of Allopolyploid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"This characteristic may provide diploid hybrid species with greater flexibility than allopolyploid species in terms of optimizing their genomes for a new ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"Chromosomal analyses and the origin of allopolyploid Polypodium virgini- anum (Polypodiaceae). Am. J. Bot. 78: 624-629. ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Chromosomal analyses and the origin of allopolyploid Polypodium virgini- anum (Polypodiaceae). Am. J. Bot. 78: 624-629. ..."

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