The wheat that we commonly eat is hexaploid, derived from a cross between two distinct species, one a diploid and one a tetraploid.The diploid wheat has 14 chromosomes.How many chromosomes does the hexaploid wheat have?

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Hexaploid wheat is derived from a cross between a diploid wheat species with 14 chromosomes and a tetraploid wheat species with 28 chromosomes. Therefore, the total number of chromosomes in hexaploid wheat is 42 (2n=6x=42).

The Wheat That We Commonly Eat Is Hexaploid, Derived from a Cross