polyploidy
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- polyploidal adjective
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The study, titled 'Caspase- 2 deficiency drives pathogenic liver polyploidy and increases age- associated hepatocellular carcinoma in mice', was published in Science Advances.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
One is the wholesale copying of the genome inside the nucleus, known as polyploidy.
From Science Magazine • May 31, 2024
Unlike in humans, where multiple genomes are usually fatal, polyploidy can have advantages for the plants affected.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
Yet the study's findings add to the evidence that ancient polyploidy events can sometimes underlie evolutionary jumps still visible among plants today.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
Dermen, H. and Bain, H. F.—Periclinal and total polyploidy in cranberries induced by colchicine.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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