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Polyploidy is involved in which type examples?

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Polyploidy is involved in such type examples like Triploid and tetraploid.

Explanation:

1. Polyploidy: the condition in which a normally diploid cell or organism gain one ( triploid) , two ( tetraploid) or more additional sets of chromosomes. Polyploidy arises as the result of total non-disjunction of chromosomes during metaphase of mitosis or meiosis, in which the chromosome are not separated during cell division

2. Examples of polyploidy are : Triploid and tetraploid chromosomes.

3. Polyploidy more commonly occurs in many angiosperm plants.

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