Submitted by TheBloxyBloxGuy t3_11mdtz4 in askscience
quick_dudley t1_jbmwtvy wrote
At present there's at least a species of ladybug that often has an odd number of chromosomes - some members of that species has a couple of chromosomes fused. This doesn't significantly impact fertility: if a ladybug only has one fused chromosome then during meiosis the unfused counterparts just line up end to end next to it.
The ancestors of humans also had a similar deal but afaik there are no modern humans with unfused chromosome 2.
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