Polyploidy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polyploidy is a noun meaning (uncountable, genetics) The condition of being polyploid or the process of becoming polyploid.
Meaning
(uncountable, genetics) The condition of being polyploid or the process of becoming polyploid.
More Meanings
- (countable, genetics) An instance of being polyploid.
Example Sentences
As they mature, the DNA is replicated several times but the cell does not divide, a condition known as polyploidy which allows cells to increase in size.
This propensity to polyploidy helps account for the diversity (and thus success) of flowering plants, in particular. It is also known that flowering plants sailed majestically through the life-destroying asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period, which did for the dinosaurs and many other animals.
Word Forms
- polyploidies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cryptopolyploidy, neopolyploidy, diploidy, eupolyploidy, allopolyploidy, hyperploidy.
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