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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Having more than two sets of chromosomes all derived from the same species.
  2. n. An organism having more than two sets of chromosomes, all of which were derived from the same species.

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  1. adj. genetics Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling
  2. n. Any organism of this kind.

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  • “amphidiploid: same as allotetraploid autopolyploid : polyploids created by chromosome duplication within a species basic chromosome number (monoploid number): the number of different chromosomes that make up a single complete (chromosome) set.”

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  • gangerh a polyploid organism whose chromosome sets are all derived from a single parent species.
    (obvious really) Jan 21, 2008

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