an example of polyploidy is found in a plant having
Polyploid Polyploid plants can arise spontaneously in nature by several mechanisms, including meiotic or mitotic failures, and fusion of unreduced (2n) gametes.[28] Both autopolyploids (e.g. potato [29]) and allopolyploids (e.g. canola, wheat, cotton) can be found among both wild and domesticated plant species.