— autopolyploidy , n.
/aw'teuh pol"euh ployd'/ , Biol.
adj.
1. having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are derived from the same ancestral species.
n.
2. an autopolyploid cell or organism. Cf. allopolyploid .
[ 1925-30; AUTO- 1 + POLYPLOID ]