The somatic cells in a wheat plant have six sets of 7 chromosomes: three sets from the egg and three sets from the sperm which fused to form the plant, giving a total of 42 chromosomes. As a formula, for wheat 2 n = 6 x = 42, so that the haploid number n is 21 and the monoploid number x is 7.
A neep or tumshie is the ruit crap brassica rapa var. rapa that's aft growen in maumie climates athort the warld for its white, bulbous tapruit.vidents frae aboot 1500 BC shaws fermers o Indie growin kynds o wild neep for the ile frae its seeds. Neolithic evidents shaws it growein its lane in northren climes an frae B. campestris ruits. Thae fermers cultivatit the roond ruits we ken the day.
In Scotland, on the other hand, a turnip or neep is a somewhat different vegetable. It's still a root, but the outside is purplish-green, and the inside is usually pale yellow or orange.It's quite a bit larger than the white variety, and its skin is thicker.t's a staple vegetable in Scottish cuisine. By Mike Lewis. Turnip (left) and neeps. Photo of neeps by Magnus Manske. You can't venture far in Scotland without coming across neeps. This distinctive root vegetable crops up in several Scottish recipes, and is also eaten as an accompaniment to other dishes.