autotetraploid
noun
au·to·tet·ra·ploid
ˌȯ-tō-ˈte-trə-ˌplȯid 
plural autotetraploids
: an individual that possesses four sets of chromosomes arising from a single parental species
Potatoes were domesticated approximately 10,000 years ago in the Andes, and landraces still farmed today have a wide variety of shapes and skin and tuber colors often not seen in modern varieties. … Most commercial cultivars are autotetraploids …; however, diploids, triploids, and pentaploids are found among the cultivated native landraces throughout the Andes.—
David Ellis et al.
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David Ellis et al.
autotetraploid
adjective
an autotetraploid flowering plant
Unlike corn or soybeans, alfalfa plants are autotetraploid; that is, each trait is determined by genes residing in four chromosomes instead of two.
—Jan Suszkiw
Jan Suszkiw
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autotetraploid
noun
au·to·tet·ra·ploid
ˌȯt-ō-ˈtet-rə-ˌplȯid
: an individual that possesses four sets of chromosomes arising from a single parental species compare allotetraploid
autotetraploid
adjective
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