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4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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In which one of the following combinations (a-d) of the number of the chromosomes is the present day hexaploid wheat correctly represented?
Combination | Monosomic | Haploid | Nullisomic | TrisomicZ |
A
$27-28-42-43$
B
$7-82-40-42$
C
$21-7-42-43$
D
$41-21-40-43$
Solution
The basic chromosome number of wheat is $7(x=7)$ and its hexaploid species contain $42(6 \times 7 i$ chromosomes. Thus, it's monosomic (one chromosomes missing) contains $41(42-1)$ chromosomes. Haploid contains $21$ (half to the $42$ ) chromosomes. Nullisomic (one chromosome pair missing) contains $40(42-2)$ chromosomes and trisomic contain (one chromosome extra) $43(42+1)$ chromosomes.
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