autotetraploid

noun

au·​to·​tet·​ra·​ploid ˌȯ-tō-ˈte-trə-ˌplȯid 

plural autotetraploids

: an individual that possesses four sets of chromosomes arising from a single parental species

Most commercial cultivars [of potato] are autotetraploids …; however, diploids … are found among the cultivated native landraces throughout the Andes.

—David Ellis et al.

compare allotetraploid

autotetraploid adjective

an autotetraploid flowering plant

Unlike corn or soybeans, alfalfa plants are autotetraploid; that is, each trait is determined by genes residing in four chromosomes instead of two.

—Jan Suszkiw

autotetraploidy

ˌȯ-tō-ˈte-trə-ˌplȯi-dē 

noun

plural autotetraploidies

Word History

Etymology

auto- + tetraploid entry 2

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for autotetraploid

• haploid
• tetraploid

Medical Definition

autotetraploid

noun

au·​to·​tet·​ra·​ploid ˌȯt-ō-ˈtet-rə-ˌplȯid 

: an individual that possesses four sets of chromosomes arising from a single parental species compare allotetraploid

autotetraploid adjective

autotetraploidy

-ˌplȯid-ē 

noun

plural autotetraploidies