autopolyploidy

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  • major evolutionary events
    In evolution: Polyploidy

    …are two kinds of polyploids—autopolyploids, which derive from a single species, and allopolyploids, which stem from a combination of chromosome sets from different species. Allopolyploid plant species are much more numerous than autopolyploids.

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