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.
n.
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.
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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.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005