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Plant species A has a diploid number of 12. Plant species B has a diploid number of 16. A new species, C, arises as an allopolyploid from A and B. The diploid number for species C would probably be

  1. A.    14.
  2. B.     16.
  3. C.     28.
  4. D.    56.
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