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autotetraploid

autotetraploid adjective: tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome.

Adjective

autotetraploid (not comparable)

  1. tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
    • In this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)2015 August 6, “Stimulation of Cell Elongation by Tetraploidy in Hypocotyls of Dark-Grown Arabidopsis Seedlings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Noun

autotetraploid (plural autotetraploids)

  1. Such a cell or organism

autotetraploid meaning in Tamil

autotetraploid in Tamil

தன்சதுர்மடியம்

Forms of autotetraploid

pluralautotetraploids

Origin of autotetraploid

From auto- + tetraploid.

Words formed from autotetraploid

Questions about autotetraploid

What does autotetraploid mean?
Autotetraploid means tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome.
What is autotetraploid in Tamil?
Autotetraploid in Tamil is தன்சதுர்மடியம். See Autotetraploid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is autotetraploid?
Autotetraploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near autotetraploid in the dictionary

  1. autoteller
  2. autotellers
  3. autotest
  4. autotesting
  5. autotests
  6. autotetraploid
  7. autotetraploidization
  8. autotetraploidizations
  9. autotetraploids
  10. autotetraploidy
  11. autothaumaturgist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autotetraploid (page history and authors); autotetraploid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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