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question 63

Multiple Choice

Please refer to the following information to answer the next few questions.
Diploid nuclei of the ascomycete, Neurospora crassa, contain 14 chromosomes. A single diploid cell in an ascus will undergo one round of meiosis, followed in each of the daughter cells by one round of mitosis, producing a total of eight ascospores.
-What is the ploidy of a single mature ascospore?

• A) monoploid
• B) diploid
• C) triploid
• D) tetraploid
• E) polyploid

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