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polyploidy
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polyploidy /poly·ploi·dy/ (-ploi″de) possession of more than two sets of homologous chromosomes.
polyploidy
[pol′iploi′dē]
the state or condition of having more than two complete sets of chromosomes.

polyploidy
the state of having more than two sets of homologous chromosomes; that is a multiple of the normal diploid number. Results from replication within a nucleus without nuclear division.


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