Meaning & use
Allopolyploidy
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A genetic condition in which an organism possesses multiple sets of chromosomes derived from hybridization between two different species.
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Allopolyploidy is common in wheat, which arose from the hybridization of several wild grass species.
Researchers used allopolyploidy to explain the increased genome size of the hybrid plant.
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Distinguished from "autopolyploidy," in which the extra chromosome sets come from the same species rather than from hybridization.
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