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Organism vs Autopolyploid - What's the difference?

organism | autopolyploid |

As nouns the difference between organism and autopolyploid

is that organism is (biology) a discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism while autopolyploid is any organism of this kind.

As an adjective autopolyploid is

(genetics) having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling.

organism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • (by extension) Any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * free-living organism * organismal * organismic

    autopolyploid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any organism of this kind.