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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Van Tuyl, "Progenies of allotriploids of Oriental x Asiatic lilies (Lilium) examined by GISH analysis," Euphytica, vol.

Application of Genomic In Situ Hybridization in Horticultural Science

However, 29 partially fertile allotriploids, generated from a single (2n = 2x = 36 T.

The reproductive versatility of eastern gamagrass

1989), although allotriploids appear developmentally balanced and quite fit (unpubl.

Androgenetics and triploids from an interacting parthenogenetic hybrid and its ancestors in stick insects

Allotriploid abalone Haliotis fulgens x Haliotis rufescens survival and genetic certification through GISH analysis.

Genetic analysis of an artificially produced hybrid abalone (haliotis rufescens x haliotis discus hannai) in Chile

Roughly 40% of the fish in these samples were a clonally-reproducing allotriploid biotype Poeciliopsis 2 monacha-lucida (Schultz, 1969; Vrijenhoek, 1978).

Balancing selection in a desert stream-dwelling fish, Poeciliopsis monacha

Allotriploids were found at frequencies of 5.8-17.9% in hybrid larvae of H.

Allogyogenetic progeny are produced from a hybrid abalone cross of female haliotis diversicolor and male haliotis discus discus

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