Consider the following statements regarding the origin of polyploidy and choose the correct answer:
1. The egg may be fertilized by more than one sperm
2. There may be a failure of mitosis
3. Triploids may arise as a result of fertilization of unreduced gametes
4. An autotetraploid may arise either by the doubling of chromosomes or fertilization between two different gametes
A. Only 1 is true
B. Only 2 and 3 are true
C. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are true
Answer: Option D
Related Questions on Gentics and Evoloution
A piece of DNA molecule that can serve as a carrier for the gene to be cloned is called as a
A. Virus
B. Vector
C. DNA junk
D. Gene factor
A haploid organism contains only one set of chromosomes, and is said to be
A. Homozygous
B. Heterozygous
C. Hemizygous
D. Holozygous
Which of the following is the correct pair?
A. Darwin - Use and disuse of organs
B. de Vries - Mutation theory
C. Lamarck - Origin of life
D. Haldane - Law of heredity

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