autotetraploid

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ tetraploid

Adjective

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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134547:
      In this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)

Noun

autotetraploid (plural autotetraploids)

  1. Such a cell or organism
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