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allopolyploid

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allopolyploid [‚a·lə′päl·ə‚plȯid]
(genetics)
An organism or strain arising from a combination of chromosome sets from two diploid organisms belonging to different species. Also known as alloploid.


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Thus far, three species of plants new to science have been named in his honor: a Caribbean moss, Macrocoma gastonyi Norris & Vitt (1973); a Mexican polystichoid fern Phanerophlebia gastonyi Yatskievch (1992), and the uncommon allopolyploid Pellaea gastonyi Windham (1993).
Manton's extensive survey demonstrated that most ferns had extraordinarily high chromosome numbers and that often what appeared to be polymorphic species were actually reticulate complexes of diploid species and their allopolyploid derivatives.
 
 
 
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