autoploid

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English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ -ploid.

Adjective

autoploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Describing a cell (or individual) that has multiple copies of a set of haploid chromosomes from a single parent

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Noun

autoploid (plural autoploids)

  1. (genetics) Any cell of this kind.

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