Common red clover, Trifolium pratense, is a diploidwith 14 chromosomes per somatic cell. What wouldbe the somatic chromosome number of:a. a trisomic variant of this species?b. a monosomic variant of this species?c. a triploid variant of this species?d. an autotetraploid variant?

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