al·lo·ploid

(al'ō-ployd),

Relating to a hybrid individual or cell with two or more sets of chromosomes derived from two different ancestral species; depending on the number of multiples of haploid sets, alloploids are referred to as allodiploids, allotriploids, allotetraploids, allopentaploids, allohexaploids, etc.
See also: heterokaryon.

[allo- + -ploid]

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al·lo·ploid

(al'ō-ployd)

Relating to a hybrid individual or cell with two or more sets of chromosomes derived from two different ancestral species.

[allo- + -ploid]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

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The strains used in the study (Table 1) were chosen to represent the autoploid and alloploid combinations that exist within the perennial Triticeae.

Nuclear DNA Content of Perennial Grasses of the Triticeae

In polyploids, GISH effectively confirmed the presumed parental genomes and in addition this technique also provides their origin information, that is, whether polyploids are alloploids or autoploids (Table 1) [13].

Application of Genomic In Situ Hybridization in Horticultural Science

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