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Autoploidy vs Allopolyploidy - What's the difference?

autoploidy | allopolyploidy |

In genetics|lang=en terms the difference between autoploidy and allopolyploidy

is that autoploidy is (genetics) the condition of being autoploid while allopolyploidy is (genetics) a form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.

As nouns the difference between autoploidy and allopolyploidy

is that autoploidy is (genetics) the condition of being autoploid while allopolyploidy is (genetics) a form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.

autoploidy

English

Noun

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  • (genetics) The condition of being autoploid
  • allopolyploidy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (genetics) A form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.
  • * 2008 November 23, Zhongfu Ni, et al.'', “Altered circadian rhythms regulate growth vigour in hybrids and allopolyploids”, ''Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07523:?
  • Several important crops such as wheat, cotton and canola are of allopolyploidy that contains two or more divergent genomes, and some plants and animals exist as interspecific hybrids.

    Antonyms

    * autopolyploidy

    See also

    * (Polyploidy)