When an Error in Meiosis Causes Sexually Reproducing Species to Generate

question 61

Multiple Choice

When an error in meiosis causes sexually reproducing species to generate zygotes with three or more sets of chromosomes, this is known as

• A) pleiotropy.
• B) epistasis.
• C) polyploidy.
• D) genetic drift.

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