Bread wheat (2 n =42), which is a staple food for about a third of the world's population, evolved from two wheat-like ancestors (both 2 n =42); therefore, bread wheat is a ____ organism.

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Bread wheat (2 n =42), which is a staple food for about a third of the world's population, evolved from two wheat-like ancestors (both 2 n =42); therefore, bread wheat is a ____ organism. ​

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Bread wheat is a hexaploid organism because it has six sets of chromosomes, resulting from the combination of three different genomes, each contributing two sets of chromosomes.

Bread Wheat (2 N =42), Which Is a Staple Food