Polyploid organisms of a normally diploid species are often sterile because: tetraploids are not sterile some of the chromosomes cannot synapse during mitosis none of the chromosomes can synapse during meiosis all the homologous chromosomes attempt to synapse together during meiosis

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Polyploid organisms of a normally diploid species are often sterile because:

tetraploids are not sterile

some of the chromosomes cannot synapse during mitosis

none of the chromosomes can synapse during meiosis

all the homologous chromosomes attempt to synapse together during meiosis

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