Question

How can polyploidy cause speciation in plants?

Plants can sexually reproduce only when they are polyploid. Having the condition is normal in plants.
Plants can asexually reproduce or pollinate themselves. This allows polyploid individuals to reproduce.
Plants can repair polyploidy and obtain healthy cells. This allows plants to survive and reproduce.
Plants are not affected by polyploidy. Plants with the condition can reproduce normally.

Answer 1

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Polyploidy is common among plants and has been a major source of speciation in the angiosperms. If through polyploidy the plant duplicates the chromosome set inherited from each parent meiosis can occur because each chromosome will have a homologue derived from its duplicate set.

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