Chapter 10, Problem 10TYU

Summary Introduction

To explain:

How the triploid number accounts for Cavendish banana’s inability to form normal gametes as it is a triploid variety. Discuss how the absence of sexual reproductionmight make this species vulnerable to infection

Introduction:

Ploidy refers to the number of sets of chromosome present in a cell. Haploid refers to one set of chromosome (n), while diploid cells contain two set of chromosomes (2n). Generally, haploid cells are germ cells which are the product of reductional division (meiosis), rest of the body cells are diploid.