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Meaning of tetraploid | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Having four sets of chromosomes.

not-comparable

Examples

“In potato, crosses between the tetraploid cultivated species Solanum tuberosum, and some clones of the diploid wild-type species S. phureja, constitute a method of producing maternal dihaploids.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tetraploidic tetraploidized tetrapod tetrapodal tetrapodean tetrapodic

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