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/ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi/ · noun
(uncountable, genetics) The condition of being polyploid or the process of becoming polyploid..
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.
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Polyploidy means (uncountable, genetics) The condition of being polyploid or the process of becoming polyploid..
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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.
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