autopolyploid

noun

au·​to·​poly·​ploid ˌȯ-tō-ˈpä-lē-ˌplȯid How to pronounce autopolyploid (audio)
plural autopolyploids
: an individual that possesses more than two sets of chromosomes arising from a single parental species
Polyploidy … is an event forming an organism with additional copies of the genome. Whereas autopolyploids originate by crossing between genetically near-identical individuals, allopolyploid genomes are formed through inter-species crosses, combining two or more different genomes.Central European Institute of Technology
compare allopolyploid
autopolyploid adjective
autopolyploid populations
Autopolyploid species, formed by the duplication of a single parental genome, can have a greater capability for genetic modification than their diploid progenitors because they have more copies of the same genes that can then undergo modification without loss of the original function. Laurie L. Consaul et al.
autopolyploidy noun
plural autopolyploidies

Word History

Etymology

auto- + polyploid

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of autopolyploid was in 1928

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“Autopolyploid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autopolyploid. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

Medical Definition

autopolyploid

noun
au·​to·​poly·​ploid ˌȯt-ō-ˈpäl-i-ˌplȯid How to pronounce autopolyploid (audio)
: an individual that possesses more than two sets of chromosomes arising from a single parental species compare allopolyploid
autopolyploid adjective
autopolyploidy noun
plural autopolyploidies
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