amphiploid, n. and a. Biol.
(ˈæmfɪplɔɪd)
[f. amphi- + -ploid.]
= allopolyploid s.v. allopolyploidy n.
| 1945 Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington No. 564. v. 68 The first condition for a successful amphiploid is that the genomes of its parents fit together properly to insure a harmonious development of the F1. Ibid. vii. 120 Not many natural amphiploid species have been artificially synthesized. 1968 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. LV. 473 (heading) Endogenous beta irradiation and tumor production in an amphiploid nicotiana hybrid. 1983 E. C. Minkoff Evolutionary Biol. xv. 261/1 Grant (1971) reports that ‘the vast majority’ of well-analyzed polyploid plant species are amphiploids. |