Polyploidy is the condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes. It can be defined as a chromosomal alteration in which the organism posses more than two complete chromosome sets. Classified as an accident in cell division. Polyploidy is the condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes.
Dubuque [1], founded in 1833, is the oldest city in Iowa. A port on the upper Mississippi River, it is situated along scenic bluffs facing the river, and has its roots in a mining and trading settlement established in the area by Quebec-born entrepreneur Julien Dubuque in 1788.
The Iowa Territory was organized in the following year, and Burlington was named as its first territorial capital. The government used Old Zion, the first Methodist Church in Iowa (located near what is now Third and Washington streets), to conduct its business.