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aniked [119]
2 years ago
14

The possession of one or more extra sets of chromosomes (relative to an ancestral condition) is called __________.

Biology
1 answer:
Debora [2.8K]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Polyploidy

Explanation:

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