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Meaning of allopolyploidy in English:

allopolyploidy

Pronunciation /ˌalə(ʊ)ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi/

noun

Biology

  • The state or condition of being allopolyploid; the act or process of a hybrid becoming a new species by polyploidizing.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in Annals of Botany. From allo- + polyploidy, after German Allopolyploidie.