As they mature, the DNA is replicated several times but the cell does not divide, a condition known as polyploidy which allows cells to increase in size.
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Polyploidy
//ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi//
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Finnish
1 entries- polyploidia noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
German
1 entries- Polyploidie noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
Hungarian
3 entries- kromoszómaszerelvény-sokszorozódás noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
- kromoszómaszám sokszorozódás noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
- poliploidia noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
Italian
1 entries- poliploidia noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
Romanian
1 entries- poliploidie noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
Spanish
1 entries- poliploidía noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
Turkish
1 entries- poliploidi noun (state or condition of being a polyploid)
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This propensity to polyploidy helps account for the diversity (and thus success) of flowering plants, in particular. It is also known that flowering plants sailed majestically through the life-destroying asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period, which did for the dinosaurs and many other animals.
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