In an allopolyploid organism, what is true regarding the fertility of interspecies hybrids?
A) Interspecies hybrids are fertile due to nonhomology of chromosomes.
B) Chromosome doubling and nondisjunction in gametocytes can lead to homologous chromosome pairing, disjunction, and fertile hybrids.
C) Interspecies hybrids will be fertile so long as there is an even number of chromosomes in the offspring.
D) Mitotic nondisjunction results in haploid cells.
E) Meiotic nondisjunction produces three haploid gametes and one diploid gamete.
B
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