Question

The origin of a new plant species by hybridization between species, coupled with nondisjunction during meiosis, is an example of ___.

Select one:
a. allopatric speciation
b. allopolyploidy
c. species fusion
d. autopolyploidy

Answer 1

B

Allopolyploid organisms have more than two sets of chromosomes that are from different species, such as the wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, or the cotton genus Gossypium Wheat is an allohexaploid, meaning it has three different sets of chromosomes from diploid species for a total of six sets of chromosomes.