polyploidy

English

Etymology

From polyploid +‎ -y, after German Polyploidie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi/

Noun

polyploidy (uncountable)

1. (genetics) The state or condition of being a polyploid; having more than the usual two homologous sets of chromosomes.
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 90:

     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.

Translations

Derived terms

• endopolyploidy

Related terms

• ploidy