Polyploidy

question 21

Multiple Choice

Polyploidy:

• A) may be the result of more than one sperm fertilizing an egg
• B) is not lethal in humans
• C) may be the result of the failure of a chromosome to separate during meiosis
• D) can be due to nondisjunction for a chromosome
• E) is the mechanism of dosage compensation

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