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Definition of Tetraploids
1. tetraploid [n] - See also: tetraploid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetraploids
Literary usage of Tetraploids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology in International Agricultural Research: Proceedings of the by International Rice Research Institute (1985)
"Agropyron, Secale, Hordeum now part of gene pool Related genera, with different
basic numbers and different ploidy levels Many; diploids, tetraploids Few; ..."
2. Aquacultural Genetics and Breeding: National Research Priorities by Graham A E Gall (1997)
"Early work has shown that tetraploids can be produced, but considerable work is
needed ... tetraploids could be extremely valuable as a means of producing ..."
3. 2nd International Symposium on Genetic Manipulation in Crops by A. Mujeeb-Kazi, L. A. Sitch, International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"leaves, longer internodes, and shorter stems for tetraploids than for diploids.
... The fact that tetraploids differed phenotypically from diploids suggests ..."
4. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"These research populations have been developed by transferring germplasm from
cultivated tetraploids to the diploid level by ..."
5. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"The normal or structurally altered D type (Figure Ib, c) was present in duplicate
in all diploids or tetraploids. Very rarely, three D types could be traced ..."
6. Rice Genetics IV by Gurdev S. Khush, D. S. Brar, Bill Hardy (2001)
"In addition, Wang et al (1992) suggested that BBCC tetraploids (O. ... likely to
have independent origins and that CCDD tetraploids possibly had an ancient ..."