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Polyploids are characterised by gigantism. Justify your answer.
a. An organism having less than two sets of chromosomes is called polyploidy.
b. Polyploidy does not occur naturally.
c. Polyploidy can be induced by heat, cold treatment, X-rays, and colchicine.
d. As organisms produced through polyploidy have less than two set of chromosomes, they are gigantic. Therefore the size of the crops - fruits or vegetables are oversized.
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