autopolyploid
- noun
- /ˌɔːtəˈpoʊlɪˌplɔɪd/
- Specialized
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autopoliploide
- There are two types of polyploids: autopolyploids, which contain multiple sets of the chromosomes of one species, and allopolyploids, which combine the chromosomes of two or more species.
Examples
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But in fact, Soltis said, studies of meiosis in naturally occurring autopolyploids have revealed "not chaos but order."
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Traditionally, some botanists believed that the formation of a polyploid species—particularly an autopolyploid—was a rare event and, when it did occur, was an evolutionary dead end.
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"This is quite in contrast to the traditional view, where... an allopolyploid or autopolyploid would have but a single origin and there is genetic uniformity....
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The traditional view is that autopolyploid formation will result in chaos during chromosome pairing, as multiple homologous chromosomes try to pair with one another.
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An autopolyploid is an organism with multiple sets of chromosomes, all from the same species.
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In the study of plant genetics, an autopolyploid is an organism that has several complete sets of chromosomes of a single species.
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Researchers identified the endangered flower as an autopolyploid, noting it contains multiple duplicated chromosome sets from its original species.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
autopolyploid = polyploid (semi-transparent) = auto + poly + ploid
The term is built by adding auto- to polyploid, but polyploid is a specialized biological term, so the meaning is only partly accessible to general learners.
Etymology
Autopolyploid is formed from auto- 'self', poly- 'many', and -ploid 'set of chromosomes', so an autopolyploid organism is one with many full chromosome sets that come from a single species.
