Q. Polyploidy leads to rapid formation of new species because of
A) Isolation
B) Development of multiple sets of chromosomes
C) Mutation
D) Genetic recombination
Explanation
Polyploidy is the phenomenon, which leads to increase in the number of chromosomes thus, increasing in the number of genes. Due to cumulative effect of genes, new characters appear, which results into formation of new species.
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