Autopolyploidy
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000576
Polyploidy in which the individual or strain has two or more multiples of the haploid sets of chromosomes. Both sets of chromosomes from parents have been duplicated in the offspring, sometimes resulting in the formation of a new species.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000576 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | autoploids; autopolyploids |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Polyploidy; Autotetraploidy |
| Translations | Spanish: autopoliploidia |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-000576",
"term": "Autopolyploidy",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Polyploidy in which the individual or strain has two or more multiples of the haploid sets of chromosomes. Both sets of chromosomes from parents have been duplicated in the offspring, sometimes resulting in the formation of a new species.",
"synonyms": [
"autoploids",
"autopolyploids"
],
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"polyploidy",
"autotetraploidy"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "autopoliploidia"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/autopolyploidy/"
}
Record 570 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.