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2. Noun. (biology) Such an organism ¹

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Definition of Allopolyploid

1. [n -S]

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

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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