Autotetraploid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Such a cell or organism
Adjective
  1. 1
    tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome not-comparable

    "In this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)"

Example

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"In this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)"

Etymology

From auto- + tetraploid.

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