an organism made up of cells containing six sets of chromosomes
adjective
2.
having six times the normal number of chromosomes
Examples of 'hexaploid' in a sentence
hexaploid
Tetraploid and hexaploid genomes presented 2 pairs of chromosomes with secondary constriction and terminal satellites.
Érica Cristina de Oliveira, Cecília Alzira Ferreira Pinto-Maglio 2017, 'Cytomolecular characterization of cultivars and landraces of wheat tolerant and sensitiveto aluminum toxicity', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052017005001202&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study expands the understanding of the genetic basis of spike characteristics in hexaploid wheat.
Yaopeng Zhou, Benjamin Conway, Daniela Miller, David Marshall, Aaron Cooper, PaulMurphy, Shiaoman Chao, Gina Brown-Guedira, José Costa 2017, 'Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping for Spike Characteristics in Hexaploid Wheat', The Plant Genomehttps://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/tpg/articles/10/2/plantgenome2016.10.0101. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both these polymorphisms are found in all hexaploid wheat species.
Alexandr Muterko, Elena Salina 2018, 'Origin and Distribution of the VRN-A1 Exon 4 and Exon 7 Haplotypes in DomesticatedWheat Species', Agronomyhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/8/156. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Genotypes of elephant grass, millet, and triploid and hexaploid induced hybrids were compared.
Fernando Ferreira Leão, Lisete Chamma Davide, José Marcello Salabert de Campos, AntonioVander Pereira, Fernanda de Oliveira Bustamante 2011, 'Genomic behavior of hybrid combinations between elephant grass and pearl millet',Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2011000700006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, new hexaploid triticale lines contributing potential resistance resources for wheat improvement were produced.
Hao Li, Xiaoxue Guo, Changyou Wang, Wanquan Ji 2015, 'Spontaneous and divergent hexaploid triticales derived from common wheat × rye bycomplete elimination of D-genome chromosomes.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364014?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These resources were applied to build the first complete, physically-anchored consensus map of hexaploid oat.
Rebekah E. Oliver, Nicholas A. Tinker, Gerard R. Lazo, Shiaoman Chao, Eric N. Jellen,Martin L. Carson, Howard W. Rines, Donald E. Obert, Joseph D. Lutz, Irene Shackelford,Abraham B. Korol, Charlene P. Wight, Kyle M. Gardner, Jiro Hattori, Aaron D. Beattie,Åsmund Bjørnstad, J. Michael Bonman, Jean-Luc Jannink, Mark E. Sorrells, Gina L. Brown-Guedira,Jennifer W. Mitchell Fetch, Stephen A. Harrison, Catherine J. Howarth, Amir Ibrahim,Frederic L. Kolb, Michael S. McMullen, J. Paul Murphy, Herbert W. Ohm, Brian G. Rossnagel,Weikai Yan, Kelci J. Miclaus, Jordan Hiller, Peter J. Maughan, Rachel R. Redman Hulse,Joseph M. Anderson, Emir Islamovic, Eric W. Jackson 2013, 'SNP Discovery and Chromosome Anchoring Provide the First Physically-Anchored HexaploidOat Map and Reveal Synteny with Model Species', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0058068. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This evolutionary process can be reproduced artificially, resulting in synthetic hexaploid wheat lines.
Ryo Nishijima, Kentaro Yoshida, Kohei Sakaguchi, Shin-ichi Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Sato,Shigeo Takumi 2018, 'RNA Sequencing-Based Bulked Segregant Analysis Facilitates Efficient D-genome MarkerDevelopment for a Specific Chromosomal Region of Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/12/3749. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Salt exclusion in hexaploid wheat avoids salt toxicity, causing osmotic stress.
Rudy Dolferus, Saravanan Thavamanikumar, Harriet Sangma, Sue Kleven, Xiaomei Wallace,Kerrie Forrest, Gregory Rebetzke, Matthew Hayden, Lauren Borg, Alison Smith, BrianCullis 2019, 'Determining the Genetic Architecture of Reproductive Stage Drought Tolerance in WheatUsing a Correlated Trait and Correlated Marker Effect Model', G3: Genes, Genomes, Geneticshttp://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.118.200835. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Currently, there are few hexaploid winter wheat mutated resources available.
Huijun Guo, Zhihui Yan, Xiao Li, Yongdun Xie, Hongchun Xiong, Yunchuan Liu, LinshuZhao, Jiayu Gu, Shirong Zhao, Luxiang Liu 2017, 'Development of a High-Efficient Mutation Resource with Phenotypic Variation in HexaploidWinter Wheat and Identification of Novel Alleles in the TaAGP.L-B1 Gene', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01404/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)