autopolyploid: Meaning and Definition of

au•to•pol•y•ploid

Pronunciation: (ô"tu-pol'u-ploid"), [key]
— Biol. Biol.
—adj.
  1. having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are derived from the same ancestral species.
—n.
  1. an autopolyploid cell or organism. Cf. allopolyploid.
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