Introduction to Genetic Analysis
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Author: Anthony J.F. Griffiths, Susan R. Wessler, Sean B. Carroll, John Doebley
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To determine: The x condition.
Introduction: An organism is possessing only one whole set of chromosomes organisms. A living thing that has the strength to perform or function individually genetic science. Genetics is the part of biology that examines inheritance and change in an organism.
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To determine: The 2X condition.
Introduction: A diploid cell is a cell that contains a pair of sets of chromosomes. Also, this is a repeated haploid chromosome number.
c.
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To determine: The 4X condition.
Introduction: Polyploidy is general in plants than in animals as in animals, and sex determination mechanism includes number including type sex chromosomes.
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