BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 14.3, Problem 2MC
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The contribution of polyploidy for sympatric speciation.

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Polyploidy refers to a state of cell when it has some extra sets of chromosomes such as eukaryotic cells are diploid, which means they have two sets of chromosomes, each set inherited from parental cell. Sympatric speciation is a process of speciation when a new species arises from the existing population.

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