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Chromosomal elimination is one of the strategy to develop .................. .

  • A.Polyploids
  • B.Amphidiploid
  • C.Haploid
  • D.Autopolyploid

Answer: C

Chromosomal elimination is a strategy to develop haploids.

In the bulbosum method, barley (Hordeum vulgare) is crossed with Hordeum bulbosum. After fertilisation the bulbosum chromosomes are progressively eliminated from the embryo, leaving a haploid with only the barley set; the embryo is rescued by culture. The wheat x maize cross works the same way. Doubling the haploid gives a fully homozygous line in one step.

Polyploids, amphidiploids and autopolyploids involve adding chromosome sets, the opposite of elimination.

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