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Occurrence of cells in diploid organisms containing multiples of the 2n genomes is known as

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Aneuploidy
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Polytene
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Polyploidy
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Monoploidy
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The correct option is D Polyploidy
Changes in chromosome number by additions or deletions of less than a whole set is called aneuploidy. Monoploidy refers to the presence of a single basic set of chromosome. Polytene chromosomes are giant chromosomes having many parallel DNA duplexes as a result of the endo-reduplication and the synapsis of homologues without cell division. Polyploidy refers to the presence of more than two sets of chromosomes; diploid organism having multiples of 2n genome is polyploid. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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