dodecaploidizationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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dodecaploidization (usually uncountable, 複数形 dodecaploidizations)

1. (genetics) The process of becoming dodecaploid.
   • 2015 December 17, “Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog ( Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142823:

     Using this approach, a recent study that included genetic data from four of the new species described here proposed that tetraploidization occurred at least once in subgenus Silurana and once in subgenus Xenopus, octoploidization occurred at least three times in subgenus Xenopus, and that dodecaploidization occurred at least three times in subgenus Xenopus.