Ploidy

Which of the following is an effect of polyploidy?

• It makes strawberries smaller

• It makes banana seeds more prominent

• It makes cotton fibers less abundant

• It makes strawberries larger

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What did the researchers confirm about the flower size in relation to ploidy in Arabidopsis plants?

• Flower size decreases with ploidy.

• Flower size is not affected by ploidy.

• Flower size increases with ploidy.

• Flower size varies randomly with ploidy.

What compensatory change occurs in plant cells when the organ size increases due to ploidy doubling?

• The number of cells increases.

• The number of cells decreases.

• The cell size decreases.

• The cell size increases.

What does KR stand for in the context of the relationship between ploidy, nuclear size, and organ size?

• Karyoplasmic ratio

• Karyotype ratio

• Kernel ratio

• Kinetic ratio

What happens to the cell size when the number of chromosome sets increases?

• The cell size decreases to accommodate the extra genetic material.

• The cell size remains the same regardless of the number of chromosome sets.

• The cell size increases following the karyoplasmic ratio law.

• The cell size fluctuates unpredictably.

• A

• B

• C

• D

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• A

• B

• C

• D

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• A

• B

• C

• D

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Meiosis results in ------------ While Mitosis resuls in ---------

• 2 haploid daughter cells and 2 haploid daughter cells

• 4 haploid daughter cells and 2 diploid daughter cells

• 2 diploid daughter cells and 4 haploid daughter cells

• 4 diploid daugther cells and 2 haloid daughter cells

A cell has 10 chromosomes. It undergoes meiosis. How many chromosomes will each of the new cells have?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20