The most common type of polyploidy in humans is ____

a. trisomy
b. monosomy
c. triploidy
d. tetraploidy
e. haploidy


c

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Suppose you cross a pea plant with yellow, smooth seeds with one that has green, wrinkled seeds

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To estimate how much the means of a variety of like samples drawn from the same population might vary, what statistic is often used?

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