tetraploidy

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English

Etymology

From tetraploid +‎ -y.

Noun

tetraploidy (countable and uncountable, plural tetraploidies)

  1. (uncountable, genetics) The state of being tetraploid, having four sets of chromosomes.
  2. (countable, genetics) An instance of being tetraploid.

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