syndiploidy

noun

syn·​diploidy

(ˈ)sin,

sən+

: doubling of the gametic chromosome number by reassociation of the daughter groups of meiotic chromosomes at any time after the first meiotic metaphase

Word History

Etymology

syn- + diploidy

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