| alloploid | Relating to a hybrid individual or cell with two or more sets of chromosomes derived from two different ancestral species; depending on the number of multiples of haploid sets, alloploid's are referred to as allodiploids, allotriploids, allotetraploids, allopentaploids, allohexaploids, etc. See: heterokaryon. Origin: allo-+ -ploid (05 Mar 2000) |
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| alloploidy | The condition of being alloploid. (05 Mar 2000) |