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Date November 2020 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 20N.1.HL.TZ0.36
Level HL Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
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20N.1.HL.TZ0.36

Many commercially produced bananas are triploid instead of diploid. The nucleus of a triploid cell has three sets of chromosomes. What is the effect of triploidy?

A. Seeds are larger.

B. Chromosomes cannot pair in meiosis.

C. Sexual reproduction is more rapid.

D. Mitosis cannot occur.

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B

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