The condition of being an autotetraploid, or having four copies of each chromosome from the same parent species.
From autotetraploid + -y. The noun form describing the genetic state rather than the organism itself.
Autotetraploidy created some of the world's most important crops—modern wheat has gone through multiple rounds of this chromosome doubling, making it one of the most genetically complex food plants we grow today.
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