English Explanatory Dictionary

diploidization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The repeated loss of chromosomes by a tetraploid organism to become diploid

Word forms

diploidization diploidizations

Etymology

From diploid + -ization.

Derived words

allodiploidization amphidiploidization autodiploidization
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