Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autotetraploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tote-traploid
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome

noun

Such a cell or organism

Example Sentences

"In this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)"

Etymology

From auto- + tetraploid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Inflected Forms

autotetraploids (plural)

Derived Forms

neoautotetraploid

Questions

What does autotetraploid mean?: tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
Where does autotetraploid come from?: From auto- + tetraploid.

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