an organism that consists of eight groups or sets of chromosomes
adjective
2.
having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
Examples of 'octaploid' in a sentence
octaploid
The coexistence of diploid-tetraploid and tetraploid-octaploid forms in the same province was documented.
Isabel T. Mercadal de Barrio, Alfonso Barrio 2002, 'Tetraploidía en Ceratophrys (Anura, Leptodactylidae), análisis del registro fósilTetraploidy in Ceratophrys (Anura, Leptodactylidae), analysis of the fossil record',Iheringia: Série Zoologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212002000300003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Putative paths leading to the formation of problematic octaploid forms and plants with 126 chromosomes are discussed.
Janina Dąbrowska 2014, 'Problematic octaploid forms and a new chromosome number in the genus Achillea L.,2n = 126', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1561. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)