Polyploidy - Quiz - Biology Articles, Tutorials & Dictionary Online

Quiz

Select the best answer.

1. It means a cell or an organism containing three copies of each chromosome

Haploid

Diploid

Triploid

2. Which of the following is true about polyploidy?

Example is 10n, meaning ten sets of chromosomes in a cell

One set of each chromosome

Diploidy is a type of polyploidy

3. The failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis

Non-disjunction

Haploidy

Mutation frequency

4. Human somatic cells have two sets of chromosomes; therefore, they are haploid.

True. Human somatic cells have two sets (2n), which means they are haploid.

False. Human somatic cells have only one set of chromosomes, which means they are haploid.

False. Human somatic cells have two sets of chromosomes, which means they are diploid.

5. Which of the following does not increase the rate of mutation?

Exposure to high dosages of UV light

Exposure to mutagenic agents

DNA repair

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