Talk:Polyploidy

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Explain why, please

Could the article explain why certain cells in the body exhibit polyploidy? Does it confer some kind of advantage - more DNA, more metabolism or greater fault tolerance?94.118.36.72 (talk) 11:37, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading phrasing

Isn't the very first sentence in the article a bit misleading? "more than two paired sets of chromosomes" could be understood as "n paired chromosomes, where n > 2". In other words, it sounds like it refers to an even number of chromosomes larger than 4, when really what you mean is: "more than two sets of chromosomes" or "more than a pair per chromosome" or "three or more copies per chromosome". I'm not sure what's the best way to phrase this - I'm leaving that decision to the native English speakers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.174.53.84 (talk) 13:44, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 6 August 2018

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The result of the move request was: MOVED (non-admin closure) Galobtter (pingó mió) 18:02, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Polyploid → Polyploidy – Currently the adjective is used, whereas the noun has preference, see Wikipedia:Article titles#Article title format, section Use nouns BoH (talk) 17:46, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seems uncontroversial to me. Peter coxhead (talk) 21:58, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is not controversial to me, but it is in the sense that the merge that I performed earlier on Wikidata was reverted, see here. It might be that someone here would agree with the line of reasoning of some there and therefore oppose this move. BoH (talk) 23:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. According to Dictionary.com and Webster's Dictionary, "polyploid" can be used as a noun. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:52, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- It can, but as you can read in this article, it is mainly used as the adjective. Until you changed the definition, even there it was. Polyploidy is mentioned in the third sentence. Anyway, with polyploidy there is no ambiguity.
- By the way, your edit into plural is not an improvement. BoH (talk) 01:30, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay since you didn't like it plural I have made it singular for you then. I'm not an expert in this area, but either noun form would appear to be acceptable here, but I for some reason think "polyploid" sounds better, but we'll see what other people think. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:48, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The difference between the two nouns is that polyploidy refers to the trait of having more than two sets of chromosmes, while polyploid refers to cells or organisms with this trait. This article primarily discusses the trait. Obviously it also discusses cells and organisms with this trait, but that is secondary. Compare that to Human where the traits of being human are primarily discussed, and not Sue, Richard or Ahmed. BoH (talk) 12:43, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support. According to the authoritative Concise Oxford English Dictionary (twelfth edition, 2011, page 1113), "polyploid" is an adjective and "polyploidy" is a noun. 144.85.248.148 (talk) 18:09, 7 August 2018 (UTC).[reply]
Support. The common usage among biologists is to use "polyploidy" when speaking generally. This is because polyploidy is a trait. One may ask, should a person with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) be called a "trisome"? I have long wondered why this article has been mistitled; now is a chance to fix the problem. Abductive (reasoning) 21:21, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support as above. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk | contribs} 21:42, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Too much info on an unorganized page

This page is not inviting! There is too much information on one page. I reorganized to have terms collected and examples in clades. But, I think more work needs to be done. Suggestions:

Make additional pages for Autopolyploidy and Allopolyploidy
- Keep the definitions simple here and make these pages have extended thoughts.
Decrease the first section -
- It needs to be comprehendible and an easy read. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShellyG1 (talk • contribs) 19:33, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ploidy above 8

Hello 201.17.210.52 can you provide a |quote= & |quote-page= for this edit? I don't understand how that cite supports that claim. Invasive Spices (talk) 1 January 2022 (UTC)

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