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Which one of the following statements about polyploidy is correct?
Which one of the following statements about polyploidy is correct?
Updated On: Feb 2, 2025
- Autopolyploids are derived from a single species
- Autopolyploids are derived from two different species
- Allopolyploids are derived from a single species
- Allopolyploids are not fertile when mated with each other
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Solution and Explanation
Polyploidy involves an organism having multiple sets of chromosomes.
- Autopolyploids originate from chromosome duplication within a single species.
- Allopolyploids arise from hybridization between two species
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