<h2>Development of Plant Needles</h2>
Explanation:
- Seed of pitch pine treated with colchicine delivered tetraploid seedlings which had thick and sporadic needles and less fortunate tallness and diameter growth than ordinary seedlings.  
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In test of colchicine-initiated polyploidy in pines, researcher found that a significant number of the polyploid plants returned to a diploid development in light of the fact that the polyploid cells partitioned at a more slow rate and were overwhelmed by the more quickly developing diploid cells which encompassed them.  
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The primary needles of both diploid and polyploid plants were more effective at low light intensity than secondary needles, and they had lower compensation points.
 
        
        
        
I believe the correct answer is chromosome. 
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Explanation:</h2>
We inherit 23 chromosomes from our mother and another 23 chromosome pairs from our father. You have to inherit a defective chromosome for you to get the mutation. This is what is called germ line mutation usually carried in the sperm or ovum. Of the 23 chromosomes, 22 are autosomal and 1 is chromosomal meaning of the 23 one of them is X and another one is . You get the Y from your father and the X from your mother.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Not having enough energy within the cells, injury and/death could occur.