A Potato Has a Diploid Number of 48

question 45

Multiple Choice

A potato has a diploid number of 48.If an egg of this plant has 23 chromosomes, the most likely explanation is that

• A) normal meiosis has occurred.
• B) nondisjunction occurred during meiosis I.
• C) normal mitosis has occurred.
• D) nondisjunction occurred during mitosis.
• E) crossing over occurred during meiosis I.

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