autotetraploid

noun

au·​to·​tet·​ra·​ploid ˌȯ-tō-ˈte-trə-ˌplȯid How to pronounce autotetraploid (audio)
: 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 noun

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of autotetraploid was in 1930

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“Autotetraploid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autotetraploid. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

autotetraploid

noun
au·​to·​tet·​ra·​ploid ˌȯt-ō-ˈtet-rə-ˌplȯid How to pronounce autotetraploid (audio)
: an individual that possesses four sets of chromosomes arising from a single parental species compare allotetraploid
autotetraploid adjective
autotetraploidy noun
plural autotetraploidies
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