Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having eight haploid sets of chromosomes in a body cell.
- noun An octoploid organism.
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- adjective genetics having eight complete sets of
chromosomes in a single cell - noun biology a
cell ororganism that has eight complete sets of chromosomes
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Examples
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For each of these, there are various ploidy levels, ranging from diploid to octoploid and beyond.
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As with other African acacias, A. tortilis is a polyploid complex most are tetraploids (2n = 4x = 52); ssp. raddiana is an octoploid
Chapter 17 1990
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Instead of being ABDR, it doubles into an octoploid triticale,
5 Breeding Triticale 1989
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Except for some successful octoploid primary triticales developed and used in China, secondary triticales form the basis of the world's triticale industry at this time.
5 Breeding Triticale 1989
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At CIMMYT in the 1970s, the crop's agronomic breakthroughs came from crosses between Armadillo (a hexaploid) and some newly created octoploid triticales, of which the Maya group were among the first.
5 Breeding Triticale 1989
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Nonetheless, some of the most valuable genetic traits are found in octoploids, and the creation of practical octoploid triticales is an important promise for the future.
5 Breeding Triticale 1989
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These octoploid triticales were also more winter hardy, more adaptable to poor soils, and more resistant to drought and lodging.
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In southwestern China, on the highlands of the Yunnan-Sichuan plateau, successful cultivation and utilization of octoploid triticale is under way.
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Most of us have our genes arrayed on two chains of chromosomes, one from each parent; dahlias have eight chromosome sets, which makes them, technically speaking, octoploid.
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