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What is the ploidy level of Gossypium hirsutum?

Correct answer C. Tetraploid

Explanation

Gossypium hirsutum, upland cotton, is an allotetraploid with 2n = 52 chromosomes, combining the A and D genomes of two ancestral diploid species.

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