au·to·pol·y·ploid

(aw'tō-pol'i-ployd),

An autoploid having two or more multiples of the haploid sets of chromosomes.

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autopolyploid

(ô′tō-pŏl′ə-ploid′)

adj.

Having more than two sets of chromosomes all derived from the same species.

An organism having more than two sets of chromosomes, all of which were derived from the same species.

au′to·pol′y·ploi′dy n.

Fig. 57 Autopolyploid . Types of autopolyploid compared with normal diploid.

autopolyploid

a type of POLYPLOID in which there has been duplication of the number of each chromosome, all chromosomes coming from the same original species. For example, in Fig. 57, A represents one complete set of chromosomes. Like an ALLOPOLYPLOID, an autopolyploid is a mechanism for creating new species, particularly in plants. Allopolyploids are more successful, perhaps because autopolyploid chromosomes have pairing difficulties at MEIOSIS.

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inermis was an autopolyploid, more groups containing four chromosomes would be expected.

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angustifolium has a selfing rate similar to diploids, and also runs counter to the observation that all known naturally occurring autopolyploid angiosperms are outcrossing (Stebbins 1957; MacKey 1970) and that there are no examples of successful, selfing autopolyploid crop plants (Bingham 1980).

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