au·to·ploid

(aw'tō-ployd),

Relating to an individual or cell with two or more copies of a single haploid set; depending on the number of multiples of the haploid set, autoploids are referred to as autodiploids, autotriploids, autotetraploids, autopentaploids, autohexaploids, etc.

[auto- + -ploid]

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Felder hypothesized that the autohexaploid plant resulted from the union of an unreduced female gamete and a reduced male gamete.

Genetic analyses of Chinese Cynodon accessions by flow cytometry and AFLP markers

The apparent diploid with 2n = 14 M forms quadrivalents in frequencies expected in an autotetraploid; the 2n = 22 is meiotically autohexaploid and the 2n = 28 and 30 types, auto-octoploid.

Robertsonian fusion and centric fission in karyotype evolution of higher plants

Agropyron contains about 10 species and includes diploids, autotetraploids, and autohexaploids. We did not analyze the hexaploids in this study.

Nuclear DNA Content of Perennial Grasses of the Triticeae

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