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Polyploidy means occurrency of

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Haploid sets of chromosomes

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Diploid sets of chromosomes

C

more than diploid sets of chromosome

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All of the above

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Organisms with more than two sets of chromosomes are known as plyploids. There may be triploid(3n) teraploid (4n) and so on. Polyploidy may be of three types, i.e. autopolyploidy, allopolyploidy and autoallopolyploidy.
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