"= autopolyploid", 1930s; earliest use found in John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist. Either from auto- + -ploid, or perhaps shortened from autopolyploid.[autoploid etymology, autoploid origin, 英语词源]
"Hypothetical living material such as microorganisms or spores present in space, postulated as able to initiate or spread life on reaching a suitable environment", 1950s; earliest use found in John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist.