A plant species A has a diploid number of chromosomes as 12. Another plant species B has a diploid number of chromosomes has 16. The allopolyploid developed by hybridization of Aand B shall have a diploid chromosomes number as? (1) 14 (2) 28 (3) 40 (4) 56

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-17T14:52:40

#28#

For, plant A #2n = 12# or,# n=6#
for plant B #2n=16# or, #n= 8#

so,the n value for allopolyploid plant is #(6+8)# or, #14# (from the definition of allopolyploidy)

so, #2n=28#