autotetraploid

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ tetraploid

Adjective

autotetraploid (not comparable)

1. (genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
   • 2015 August 6, “Stimulation of Cell Elongation by Tetraploidy in Hypocotyls of Dark-Grown Arabidopsis Seedlings”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

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

Noun

autotetraploid (plural autotetraploids)

1. Such a cell or organism