Tetraploid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tetraploid cell.
  2. 2
    A tetraploid organism.

    "The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids ."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having four sets of chromosomes. not-comparable

    "In potato, crosses between the tetraploid cultivated species Solanum tuberosum, and some clones of the diploid wild-type species S. phureja, constitute a method of producing maternal dihaploids."

Synonyms

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quadruplicate

Example

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"In potato, crosses between the tetraploid cultivated species Solanum tuberosum, and some clones of the diploid wild-type species S. phureja, constitute a method of producing maternal dihaploids."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τετραπλός (tetraplós) + Ancient Greek είδος (eídos), equivalent to tetra- + -ploid.

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