Please complete the table attached and answer the following questions a.) What is the correct term used to describe the ploidy of each of the following plants that are listed in the table above? If an aneuploid condition is present, please NAME the aneuploid condition. Please be SPECIFIC.                 (i)          Cucumis sativus                                ________________________________                           (ii)         Cucumis sativus variant 1               ________________________________                            (iii)        Cucumis sativus variant 2               ________________________________                          (iv)        Cucumis sativus variant 3               ________________________________                            (v)         Cucumis hytivus                               ________________________________                            (vi)        Cucumis sativus hoosiereii              ________________________________                           (vii)       Cucumis bloomingtonii                    ________________________________                           (viii)      Cucumis hystrix                                ____________________________

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Please complete the table attached and answer the following questions

a.) What is the correct term used to describe the ploidy of each of the following plants that are listed in the table above? If an aneuploid condition is present, please NAME the aneuploid condition. Please be SPECIFIC. 

               (i)          Cucumis sativus                                ________________________________           

               (ii)         Cucumis sativus variant 1               ________________________________           

                (iii)        Cucumis sativus variant 2               ________________________________           

              (iv)        Cucumis sativus variant 3               ________________________________           

                (v)         Cucumis hytivus                               ________________________________           

                (vi)        Cucumis sativus hoosiereii              ________________________________           

               (vii)       Cucumis bloomingtonii                    ________________________________           

               (viii)      Cucumis hystrix                                ________________________________

              

 b.) Please explain why Cucumis bloomingtonii is sterile. 

Plant
Scientific name
Reproduction
Number of
chromosomes
Types of
chromosomes present
in somatic
cells
Cucumber Cucumis sativus
14
Sexual
Different than C. melo
(C. sativis)
or C. hystrix
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
15
Sexual with
variant 1
variant 1
All similar to C. sativus;
Different than C. melo
or C. hystrix
(C. sativis var 1)
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
13
variant 2
variant 2
fertility
problems
Sexual with
fertility
problems
Sexual with
fertility
problems
All similar to C. sativus;
Different than C. melo
or C. hystrix
(C. sativis var 2)
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
16
All similar to C. sativus;
Different than C. melo
variant 3
variant 3
(C. sativis var 3)
or C. hystrix
Melon
Cucumis melo
24
Sexual
Different than C. sativus
or C. hystrix
(C. melo)
Asiatic
24
Sexual
Different than C. melo
Melon
or C. sativus
Melumber
Cucumis hystrix
(C. hystrix)
Cucumis hytivus
(C. hytivus)
Cucumis sativus
38
Sexual
Similar to C. sativus and
C. hystrix
Hoosier
28
Sexual
All similar to C. sativus
cucumber hoosiereii
(C. sativus
hoosierii)
Seedless
Cucumis
21
Sterile
All similar to C. sativus
cucumber bloomingtonii
(C.
bloomingtonii)
****IMPORTANT: if the chromosome sets are derived from different species, please use notation such
as 201, 202, 2n3, etc. to distinguish the different sets of chromosomes present.
***Ploidy
(n, 2n, 3n,
4n, 2n+1,
etc.)
20₁
Transcribed Image Text:Plant Scientific name Reproduction Number of chromosomes Types of chromosomes present in somatic cells Cucumber Cucumis sativus 14 Sexual Different than C. melo (C. sativis) or C. hystrix Cucumber Cucumis sativus 15 Sexual with variant 1 variant 1 All similar to C. sativus; Different than C. melo or C. hystrix (C. sativis var 1) Cucumber Cucumis sativus 13 variant 2 variant 2 fertility problems Sexual with fertility problems Sexual with fertility problems All similar to C. sativus; Different than C. melo or C. hystrix (C. sativis var 2) Cucumber Cucumis sativus 16 All similar to C. sativus; Different than C. melo variant 3 variant 3 (C. sativis var 3) or C. hystrix Melon Cucumis melo 24 Sexual Different than C. sativus or C. hystrix (C. melo) Asiatic 24 Sexual Different than C. melo Melon or C. sativus Melumber Cucumis hystrix (C. hystrix) Cucumis hytivus (C. hytivus) Cucumis sativus 38 Sexual Similar to C. sativus and C. hystrix Hoosier 28 Sexual All similar to C. sativus cucumber hoosiereii (C. sativus hoosierii) Seedless Cucumis 21 Sterile All similar to C. sativus cucumber bloomingtonii (C. bloomingtonii) ****IMPORTANT: if the chromosome sets are derived from different species, please use notation such as 201, 202, 2n3, etc. to distinguish the different sets of chromosomes present. ***Ploidy (n, 2n, 3n, 4n, 2n+1, etc.) 20₁
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