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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τετραπλός (tetraplós) + Ancient Greek είδος (eídos), equivalent to tetra- + -ploid.
Adjective
tetraploid (not comparable)
- (genetics) Having four sets of chromosomes.
1998, C. Horlow, C. Raquin, “A Critical Analysis of Existing Haploidization Techniques”, in Y Chupeau, M Caboche, Y Henry, editors, Androgenesis and Haploid Plants: In Memory of Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 14:In potato, crosses between the tetraploid cultivated species Solanum tuberosum, and some clones of the diploid wild-type species S. phureja, constitute a method of producing maternal dihaploids.
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having four sets of chromosomes
Noun
tetraploid (plural tetraploids)
- A tetraploid cell.
- A tetraploid organism.
1995, Romuald Kosina, Tetraploids of the Genus Triticum in the Light of Caryopsis Structure:The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .
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