Assume That a Species Has a Diploid Chromosome Number of 24.The

question 46

Multiple Choice

Assume that a species has a diploid chromosome number of 24.The term applied to an individual with 36 chromosomes would be____ .

• A)triploid
• B)allopolyploid
• C)aneuploidy
• D)monoploid
• E)tetraploid

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information used to estimate a parameter or statistic in a dataset.

Significance Level

The significance level, often denoted by alpha (α), is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true, used as a threshold for determining statistical significance.

Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test

A statistical test used to determine whether a set of observed frequencies differ from a set of expected frequencies.

Expected Frequencies

The theoretically predicted counts of occurrences across different categories in a contingency table, used in chi-squared tests.