Question

Consider an animal with six pairs of chromosomes: one set of chromosomes is from this animal’s male parent and the homologous set of six chromosomes is from this animal’s female parent. How many combinations of chromosomes are possible in the gametes of individuals of this species if we look at only independent assortment of chromosomes, disregarding the effect of crossing over?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

8,324,608 possible combinations

There are 8,324,608 possible combinations of 23 chromosome pairs. As a result, two gametes virtually never have exactly the same combination of chromosomes. Each chromosome contains dozens to thousands of different genes.