Class 12 NEET Biology Principles of Inheritance and Variation Questions Part 2

Hexaploid wheat is a result of allopolyploidy induced by doubling the chromosome number of the hybrid produced by crossing two different plants. In hexaploid wheat Triticale 2n=6x=42. So x stands for basic chromosome number and n for haploid chromosome number. So, n=21 and x=7 for hexaploid wheat.