autotetraploid

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English

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Etymology

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From auto- +‎ tetraploid.

Adjective

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autotetraploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
    • 2015 August 6, “Stimulation of Cell Elongation by Tetraploidy in Hypocotyls of Dark-Grown Arabidopsis Seedlings”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)

Noun

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autotetraploid (plural autotetraploids)

  1. Such a cell or organism

Derived terms

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