autopolyploidization

English

Etymology

autopolyploid +‎ -ization

Noun

autopolyploidization (countable and uncountable, plural autopolyploidizations)

1. (genetics) The process or the result of becoming autopolyploid
   • 2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The proposed hypotheses to explain the evolutionary history of this most widespread Anthoxanthum species include autopolyploidization of A.