Nicotiana glutinosa (2 n = 24) and N. tabacum (2 n = 48) are two closely related plants that can be intercrossed, but the F1 hybrid plants that result are usually sterile. In 1925, Roy Clausen and Thomas Goodspeed crossed N. glutinosa and N. tabacum and obtained one fertile F1 plant . They were able to self-pollinate the flowers of this plant to produce an F2 generation. Surprisingly, the F2 plants were fully fertile and produced viable seeds. When Clausen and Goodspeed examined the chromosomes of the F2 plants, they observed 36 pairs of chromosomes in metaphase I and 36 individual chromosomes in metaphase II. Explain the origin of the F2 plants obtained by Clausen and Goodspeed and the numbers of chromosomes observed.

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Nicotiana glutinosa (2 n = 24) and N. tabacum (2 n = 48) are two closely related plants that can be intercrossed, but the F1 hybrid plants that result are usually sterile. In 1925, Roy Clausen and Thomas Goodspeed crossed N. glutinosa and N. tabacum and obtained one fertile F1 plant . They were able to self-pollinate the flowers of this plant to produce an F2 generation. Surprisingly, the F2 plants were fully fertile and produced viable seeds. When Clausen and Goodspeed examined the chromosomes of the F2 plants, they observed 36 pairs of chromosomes in metaphase I and 36 individual chromosomes in metaphase II. Explain the origin of the F2 plants obtained by Clausen and Goodspeed and the numbers of chromosomes observed.

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