1930s; earliest use found in John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist. Either from auto- + -ploid, or perhaps shortened from autopolyploid.
Definition of autoploid in US English:
autoploid
nounˈɔːtə(ʊ)plɔɪd
Biology
= autopolyploid.
adjectiveˈɔːtə(ʊ)plɔɪd
Biology
= autopolyploid.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist. Either from auto- + -ploid, or perhaps shortened from autopolyploid.