dodecaploidization

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English

Etymology

From dodecaploid +‎ -ization.

Noun

dodecaploidization (usually uncountable, plural dodecaploidizations)

  1. (genetics) The process of becoming dodecaploid.
    • 2015 December 17, “Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog ( Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Using this approach, a recent study that included genetic data from four of the new species described here proposed that tetraploidization occurred at least once in subgenus Silurana and once in subgenus Xenopus, octoploidization occurred at least three times in subgenus Xenopus, and that dodecaploidization occurred at least three times in subgenus Xenopus.