NALT

Preferred term

autopolyploidy

Topic

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.

polyploidy

autotetraploidy

autoploids
autopolyploids

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

4029

Spanish

autopoliploidia

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/14038

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 3/15/17