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autopolyploid

American  
[aw-tuh-pol-uh-ploid] / ˌɔ təˈpɒl əˌplɔɪd /

adjective

  1. having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are derived from the same ancestral species.

noun

  1. an autopolyploid cell or organism.

autopolyploid British  
/ ˌɔːtəʊˈpɒlɪˌplɔɪd /

adjective

  1. (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than two sets of haploid chromosomes inherited from a single species

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noun

  1. an organism or cell of this type

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Other Word Forms

  • autopolyploidy noun

Etymology

Origin of autopolyploid

First recorded in 1925–30; auto- 1 + polyploid

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