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Definition of autopolyploid in English:

autopolyploid

Pronunciation /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈpɒlɪplɔɪd/

noun

Biology

  • A polyploid organism in which all sets of chromosomes are derived from duplications of a single ancestral genome.

adjective

Biology

  • Of an organism or population: characterized by autopolyploidy.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in Cyril Darlington (1903–1981), cytogeneticist and evolutionist. From auto- + polyploid.