Why does an adder's tongue fern have more chromosomes than a human 2024?
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The adder's-tongue fern Ophioglossum reticulatum possesses 1260. ... Therefore, one reason adder's-tongue ferns have so many chromosomes may be that, because they as a group appeared so early in evolutionary history, they've been around long enough for the polyploid-making process to have occurred several times among them.
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The adder's-tongue fern Ophioglossum reticulatum possesses 1260. ... Therefore, one reason adder's-tongue ferns have so many chromosomes may be that, because they as a group appeared so early in evolutionary history, they've been around long enough for the polyploid-making process to have occurred several times among them.