Most monoploid individuals do not survive because

A) they do not have the appropriate gene dosages.
B) their cells cannot divide properly.
C) recessive lethal mutations cannot be masked by dominant alleles.
D) they have missing genes.
E) they have only one sex chromosome.


C

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