autotetraploid

noun

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

: an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement

autotetraploid adjective

autotetraploidy

ˌȯ-tō-ˈte-trə-ˌplȯi-dē 

noun

Word History

Etymology

auto- + tetraploid entry 2

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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