hexaploid

American  

[hek-suh-ploid] / ˈhɛk səˌplɔɪd /

adjective

1. having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.

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noun

1. a hexaploid cell or organism.

Other Word Forms

• hexaploidy noun

Etymology

Origin of hexaploid

First recorded in 1915–20; hexa- + -ploid

Example Sentences

We also compared the TGACv1 A subgenome sequences of hexaploid wheat19 to the Tu genome.

From Nature

Chromosome 3B of hexaploid wheat was completely sequenced and assembled using BAC-by-BAC sequencing strategy26.

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A similar comparison was made with genes annotated in hexaploid wheat cv.

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They exceeded the 0.17 and 0.27% of genes previously estimated to have been deleted from the wheat D genome since the origin of hexaploid wheat17,21 by nearly two orders of magnitude.

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To compare the HCC genes of Ae. tauschii with genes annotated in hexaploid bread wheat cv.

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