NEETBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMCQ+4 / −1
A cell at telophase stage is observed by a student in a plant brought from the field. He tells his teacher that this cell
is not like other cells at telophase stage. There is no formation of cell plate and thus the cell is contaning more
number of chromosomes as compared to other dividing cells. This would results in -
- APolyteny
- BAneuploidy
- CPolyploidy
- DSomaclonal variation
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Correct answer: C
Polyploidy is the phenomenon of occurrence of more than two sets of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell. Polyploidy is more common in plants. Polyploidy arises as a result of total non-disjunction of chromosomes during mitosis or meiosis.
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