Question

A cross between a tetraploid and a diploid member of the same species will produce offspring that can undergo sexual reproduction. hints a cross between a tetraploid and a diploid member of the same species will produce offspring that can undergo sexual reproduction.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

False

In order to happen sexual reproduction, the cells that origin gametes must have an even number of chromosomes. By crossing a tetraploid (4n) with a diploid (2n), the offspring would have a total number of 3 copies of each chromosome (2 from the tetraploid parent and 1 from the diploid parent), which when undergoing sexual reproduction would not allow meiosis to happen because the chromosomes could not be evenly divided to gamete cells.