autodiploid /ô′tōdip″loid/ [Gk, autos + diploos, double, eidos, form] , 1. an individual, organism, strain, or cell containing two genetically identical or nearly identical chromosome sets that are derived from the same ancestral species and result from the duplication of the haploid set. 2. also pertaining to such an individual, organism, strain, or cell. Compare allodiploid, allopolyploid, autopolyploid. −autodiploidy, n.
