Autopolyploidy A type of polyploidy involving the multiplication of chromo-some sets from only one species.

通常由同一个体，同一纯种的染色体数目成的多性现象。

Polyploidy is a mechanism often attributed to causing some speciation events in sympatry.

多性常被当作引起在同一地区并存的物种发生物种形成事件的一种机制。