Q. Gossypium hirsutum is
A) New world tetraploid
B) Old world tetraploid
C) New world diploid
D) Old world diploid
Explanation
Gossypium hirsutum is an American (new world) cotton crop, which is tetraploid having 26 pairs (n = 26) of chromosomes.
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