autopolyploidization

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English

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Etymology

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From autopolyploid +‎ -ization.

Noun

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autopolyploidization (countable and uncountable, plural autopolyploidizations)

  1. (genetics) The process or the result of becoming autopolyploid
    • 2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The proposed hypotheses to explain the evolutionary history of this most widespread Anthoxanthum species include autopolyploidization of A.