Q. Polyploidy means occurrence of
A) Haploid sets of chromosomes
B) Diploid sets of chromosomes
C) More than diploid sets of chromosomes
D) All of the above
Explanation
Organism with more than two sets of chromosomes are known as polyploids. These may be triploid (3n), tetraploid (4n), and so on. Polyploidy may be of three types, i.e., autopolyploidy, allopolyploidy and autoallopolyploidy.
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