The Triticum aestivum wheat is

Haploid

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Diploid

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Tetraploid

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Hexaploid

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Solution

The correct option is D Hexaploid
Common wheat (Triticum aestivum), also known as bread wheat, is an allohexaploid (an allopolyploid with six sets of chromosomes, of which two come from Triticum urartu (einkorn wheat) and two from Aegilops speltoides. The last two sets of chromosomes came from Aegilops tauschii. It has 42 chromosomes.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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