An organism or cell with three complete sets of chromosomes all derived from the same species, occurring naturally or in breeding.
From auto- (self) + triploid (from Latin tri-, three + -ploid from Greek -ploos, fold). Genetics term distinguishing self-derived chromosome sets from hybrid ones.
Autotriploids are common in plants—strawberries and bananas are often autotriploid—and they're usually sterile because their odd chromosome number makes normal meiosis nearly impossible, which is actually why seedless bananas exist!
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