allopolyploid
noun
al·lo·poly·ploid
ˌa-lō-ˈpä-li-ˌplȯid 
plural allopolyploids
: an individual that is a hybrid of two different species and that possesses more than two sets of chromosomes
Allopolyploids include important crops such as wheat, cotton, and canola, and all have improved agricultural traits relative to their diploid progenitors. … The commercially important cottons are naturally formed allopolyploids … and they have superior fiber yield and quality relative to their ancestral species.—
Kenji Osabe et al.
Kenji Osabe et al.called also amphiploid
compare autopolyploid
allopolyploid
adjective
allopolyploid plants
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allopolyploid
noun
al·lo·poly·ploid
ˌal-ō-ˈpäl-i-ˌplȯid
: an individual that is a hybrid of two different species and that possesses more than two sets of chromosomes
called also amphiploid
compare autopolyploid
allopolyploid
adjective
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