Select the definition of polyploidy. a chromosomal complement with at least three complete sets of homologous chromosomes the number of chromosome sets that make up a complete genome a complete chromosome set or an exact multiple of the haploid chromosome set the addition or loss of less than a full set of chromosomes or chromosome pairs
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