For a species with a diploid number of 18, indicate how manychromosomes will be present in the somatic nuclei of individualsthat are haploid, triploid, tetraploid, trisomic, and monosomic

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Q: Explain why autopolyploids are usually sterile, whereas allopolyploidsare often fertile.

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Q: What separates during anaphase of Meiosis I?

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Q: Diploid = 2n with n being # of chromosomes so, a) Haploid = n b) Haploid = 3n

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Q: in what meitotic phase we can identify bridge abberation? anaphase I or Metapahse I?

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Q: Which of the following statement(s) regarding homologous chromosomes is (are) true? CHOOSE ALL THAT…

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Q: A normal female is discovered with 45 chromosomes, one ofwhich exhibits a Robertsonian translocation…

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Q: An organism has a diploid number of 16 in a primaryoocyte. How many tetrads are present in prophase…

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Q: A diploid species with 44 chromosomes (i.e., 22 per set) is crossedto another diploid species with…

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