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Definition of Allopolyploidy

1. [n -DIES]

Medical Definition of Allopolyploidy

1. Polyploid condition in which the contributing genomes are dissimilar. When the genomes are doubled fertility is restored and the organism is an amphidiploid. Common in plants but not animals. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allopolyploidy

Literary usage of Allopolyploidy

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

1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Chromosome inheritance in parthenogenetic lizards and evolution of allopolyploidy in reptiles. J. Hered. 70:95-102. . 1985. ..."

2. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of by Joe Cain (2004)
"... 36-37, see radiation adaptively useful mutation, 86 algae, 136 allopolyploidy, 25 American Association for the Advancement of Science, meeting. ..."

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