Biology as Poetry: Genetics

Bacteriophage Ecology Group

Autopolyploidy

Doubling or tripling (etc.) of the number of chromosomes found in an organism's cells where all of the chromosomes are derived from the same species.

Autopolyploidies can result from nondisjunction as well as other means and can can lead to sympatric speciation events. See also allopolyploidy.

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