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autopolyploid

[aw-tuh-pol-uh-ploid]

adjective

having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are derived from the same ancestral species.

noun

an autopolyploid cell or organism.

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occurring across a membrane, as an electric potential or the transport of ions or gases

the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species

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Origin:
1925–30; auto-¹ + polyploid

Related forms

au·to·pol·y·ploi·dy, noun

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autopolyploid (ˌɔːtəʊˈpɒlɪˌplɔɪd)

—*adj*
1.	(of cells, organisms, etc) having more than two sets of haploid chromosomes inherited from a single species

—n
2.	an organism or cell of this type

auto'polyploidy

—n

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autopolyploid

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