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polyploidy
The ploidy level indicates the number of sets of homologous chromosomes occurring in the genetic material of a certain species. "Haploid" means one set; "diploid" two sets (this is the normal case), and "polyploid" denotes more than two sets.
 

 

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29 August 2011
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