Whole-genome duplication (WGD)
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- Whole-genome duplication (WGD)search for term
the simultaneous acquisition of extra copies of all of the nuclear chromosomes of an organism. Recent and ancient WGD events are also called polyploidy and paleopolyploidy, respectively. (Van de Peer 2009)
