A cell at the telophase stage is observed by a student in a plant brought from the field. He tells his teacher

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A cell at the telophase stage is observed by a student in a plant brought from the field. He tells his teacher that this cell is not like other cells at the telophase stage. There is no formation of a cell plate and thus the cell is containing more chromosomes as compared to other dividing cells. This would result in:

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, failure of cytokinesis (cell plate formation in plants) after the telophase stage of cell division results in an increase in a whole set of chromosomes in an organism. This phenomenon is known as polyploidy and is often seen in plants , . In contrast, aneuploidy arises from the failure of segregation of chromatids during cell division, resulting in the gain or loss of individual chromosomes .

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