Polysomic

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    such an organism or chromosome
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement not-comparable
  2. 2
    In auto-polyploids, inheritance that involves pairing of homeologous chromosomes, rather than strictly homologous pairs. not-comparable

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