Autotetraploid
Origin
- + auto + tetraploid
Full definition of autotetraploid
Adjective
autotetraploid
- (genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
- August 6, 2015, , Stimulation of Cell Elongation by Tetraploidy in Hypocotyls of Dark-Grown Arabidopsis Seedlings, In this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)